French v. Strumberg
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. George H. ISToonan. Action of trespass to try title, brought by S. and J. H. French ct a.l., plaintiffs below, to recover from a number of defendants land in the city of San Antonio, containing several acres subdivided into lots.
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Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. George H. ISToonan. Action of trespass to try title, brought by S. and J. H. French ct a.l., plaintiffs below, to recover from a number of defendants land in the city of San Antonio, containing several acres subdivided into lots. The defendants pleaded “not guilty,” and further answered that the land described in plaintiffs’ petition was, in the year 1848 or 1849, divided into town lots; that they were the owners respectively of the lots marked with their names, and denied that plaintiffs, or any of them, had any right, title, or claim to any of…
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.—This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by the appellants against the appellees, in the District Court of Bexar county, to recover a large number of lots in the city of San Antonio, near the Alamo.
One of the original plaintiffs, Charles Webb, dismissed the cause as to himself, leaving the same to be prosecuted by the remaining plaintiffs, Sarah French, Flora K. Adams, and Olive Washington, joined by their husbands.
The plaintiffs claimed the lots in controversy by inheritance from their deceased mother, Olive Ann Jones, first, as her separate property;…
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