Roosevelt v. Davis
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Ellis. Tried below before the Hon. H. Barks-dale. James A. Roosevelt brought suit on the 13th day of December, 1871, in the ordinary form of an action of trespass to try title, against Robert Hodge, the appellee, George W. Davis, and others, the defendants below, to recover the possession of one league of land, it being the northern league of the Chambers eight leagues in Ellis county, setting out the boundaries thereof, and claiming the title to and possession…
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Appeal from Ellis. Tried below before the Hon. H. Barks-dale. James A. Roosevelt brought suit on the 13th day of December, 1871, in the ordinary form of an action of trespass to try title, against Robert Hodge, the appellee, George W. Davis, and others, the defendants below, to recover the possession of one league of land, it being the northern league of the Chambers eight leagues in Ellis county, setting out the boundaries thereof, and claiming the title to and possession of the same on the 1st day of January, 1870, when defendants entered and took possession by force, dispossessing…
1Opinion of the Court
Roberts, Chief Justice.
—It is agreedthat the legal title to the league of land in controversy was in John P. Watson on the 13th day of November, 1850, and all of the parties, except the intervenor, claim title by conveyances traced back to him.
Roosevelt, the plaintiff below, claims title by and' through a warranty deed from Watson to Joshua James, dated November 2, 1859, in the usual'form: by a" mortgage executed *470by Joshua James and his wife Mary K. James, on the 6th of March, 1866, to Oliver Mathews, to secure a debt due to him from C. L. James, the son of Joshua and Mary K. James; by a deed…
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