Rupert v. Swindle
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; Bruce Young, Judge. Suit by J. R. Ruper't against C. R. Swindle. From judgment for defendant on his cross- action, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
C. R. Swindle rented a farm from C. R. Rea for the year 1915. During- that year Rea sold the property to J. R. Rupert, who, on January 4, 1916, instituted this suit against Swindle in the form of trespass to try title to recover the farm from Swindle, who was still in possession of it, holding the same under a claim of tenancy. Contemporaneously with the institution of the suit Rupert sued out a writ of sequestra-. tion, under which writ Swindle was ousted of possession. Swindle filed a cross-action, in which Re sought damages against Rupert for wrongfully ousting Mm of possession of the…
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