Legal Opinion

Allee v. Breteul

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 3, 1940No. 3710Published

1Opinion of the Court

O’QUINN, Justice.

Plaintiffs, M. Garner de Breteul et al., sued defendants, Mrs. Ruby, Allee, a widow, et al., in trespass to try title to 168 acres of land, a part of the J. Magano survey in Angelina County, Texas. All parties defendant, except E. M. Lewis, who was dismissed from the case, answered. Libbe Martin .Bell and her husband, W. A. Bell, et ál'.', intervened setting up title to the land against both plaintiffs and defendants. The case was tried to a jury, but at the close of the evidence the court instructed a verdict for the plaintiffs, ap-pellees here, against the defendants and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Frier v. KrohnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
  2. Dilworth v. Ed. Steves & SonsTexas Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Pessoney v. Cobb-Holman Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1935

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