Harris v. Schlinke
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an ■appeal from Concho County. Harris and others sued Schlinke, who had judgment in his favor, from which plaintiffs appealed. The judgment being affirmed, they then •obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
On the 14th day of August, 1899, Sidon Harris, Amelia P. Withrow, and Carrie Chew, a person of unsound mind suing by her next friend, A. P. Withrow, filed suit in the nature of trespass to try title in the District Court of Concho County against Carl Schlinke to recover from him certain tracts of land described in the plaintiff’s petition. The defendant was served and appeared on the 2d day of the term, November 7th, and filed his answer, which consisted of a general demurrer, a plea of not guilty, and a. special plea in the nature of a cross-bill, in which he set up…
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