Evans v. Houston Oil Co. of Texas
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Ninth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Jubal Evans and wife against the Houston Oil Company of Texas and others. Judgment for defendants affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (211 S. W. 605), and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtGallagher, J.
Jubal Evans and wife, plaintiffs in error, sued the Houston Oil Company of Texas and others, defendants in error, for an undivided 160 acres of the W. S. Brown survey in Tyler county to he surveyed so as to include their improvements, claiming that they had acquired title thereto under the 10-year statute of limitation.
It was agreed that the defendants in error owned the land sued for unless plaintiffs in error had acquired title thereto under the 10-year statute. A trial was had before a jury. The court instructed a verdict in favor of defendants in error and judgment was so rendered.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Word v. DrouthettTexas Supreme Court · 1875
- Udell v. PeakTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Carter v. Town of La GrangeTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- South Texas Development Co. v. ManningCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Evans v. Houston Oil Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
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- Rickel v. ManningCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
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