Delaune v. Beaumont Irrigating Co.

PLEASANTS, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by plaintiff in error against the defendant in error to recover the title and possession of a tract of 130 acres of land on the J. Gerish, Jr., survey in Jefferson County. The suit is in form an action of trespass to try title, but the only question presented by the evidence is that of boundary, and the decision of this question on this appeal depends solely upon whether the trial court erred in sustaining defendant’s plea of res adjudicata.

The facts are these: On the 7th of December, 1894, in a suit in the District Court of Jefferson County, the…