Combes v. Stringer
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Third District, in an appeal from Montgomery County. S. M. and F. A. Combes sued Stringer and others for the recovery of land. Stringer prevailed as to 160 acres thereof claimed by him by limitation. Plaintiffs appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hawkins
This action was originally filed on September 8/1906, by S. M. Combes and F. A. Combes, in the United States Court at Houston, but, upon pleas to its jurisdiction being filed, an agreement was made under which they refiled their suit on November 25, 1906, in the District Court of Montgomery County, under a stipulation that the rights of the parties should be determined as though this suit had been originally filed therein on September 8, 1906.
The action is one of trespass to try title to two tracts of land; the first embracing 2289J acres and the second 587-J- acres, out of the T. J. Williams…
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