Blackwell v. Hunnicutt
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Falls. Tried below before the Hon. B. W. Rimes. In 1877 a suit was pending in the district court of Falls county, by appellee against appellant, for the recovery of the Harvey three hundred and seventy acres survey of land, which is east of and claimed to be contiguous to the Moore survey, which is claimed by appellant.
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Appeal from Falls. Tried below before the Hon. B. W. Rimes. In 1877 a suit was pending in the district court of Falls county, by appellee against appellant, for the recovery of the Harvey three hundred and seventy acres survey of land, which is east of and claimed to be contiguous to the Moore survey, which is claimed by appellant. On the fifth of September, 187?, the suit was settled by appellant consenting to judgment in favor of appellee for the entire Harvey survey, upon appellee’s agreement to convey to appellant the west one-third, or one hundred and twenty-three acres, of the Harvey…
1Opinion of the Court
Acker, Judge.
The first ground of error assigned relates to that part of the charge of the court which construes the disclaimer filed by appellant. Upon inspection of the record, it clearly appears that the court did not err in construing the disclaimer to apply to all of the Harvey survey, except so much of it as is included in the boundaries given'in the deed from appellee to appellant.
It is insisted by appellant that the court erred in charging the jury that the judgment offered in evidence entitled the plaintiff to recover all the land included within the boundaries of the. Harvey three…
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