Legal Opinion

Harris v. Wagnon

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 6, 1912PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Harrison County; H. T. Lyttleton, Judge. Action by John W. Harris and others against C. J. Wagnon and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.

This suit was brought by the executors of the will of Annie P. Harris, deceased, and the children of said Annie P. Harris and her husband, John W. Harris, who died intestate, to recover the title and possession of 160 acres of the John V. Morton survey of 2,323 acres in Harrison county. Appellees O. J. Wagnon, E. H. Jones, and Sydney Jones were the defendants. Wagnon- answered that he claimed no interest in or right to the land other than as a tenant of said E. H. Jones and his grantee Sydney Jones, who answered by a plea of “not guilty,” and of title in themselves by virtue of the statute of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Webb v. LyerlaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
  2. Zollars v. Snyder & LaceyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. McKee v. E. R. StewarTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Manning v. Standard Oil Co. of KansasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
  3. Harris v. WagnonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Nunez v. McElroy.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  5. Deep Rock Oil Corp. v. OrsbornCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953

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