Allen v. Boggess
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Harris County. John A. Boggess and others brought suit in trespass to try title against A. C. Allen and others. Plaintiffs recovered a part only of the land sued for, and on their appeal the judgment was reversed and rendered in their favor for the whole. Defendants (appellees) thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
The defendants in error sued in trespasss to try title in the District Court to recover twenty-six acres of land, their petition, besides the general allegation of title, asserting title also by limitation. The defendants pleaded not guilty. The District Court gave judgment for plaintiffs for fourteen acres upon their claim of title by limitation, but denied a recovery of the remaining twelve acres, holding that it was a separate tract from the fourteen acres and that plaintiffs’ possession of the latter did not extend to the former. On appeal, the Court of Civil…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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