Legal Opinion
Evans v. Foster
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1890No. 2650PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. B. E. Beckham.
1Opinion of the Court
ACKER, Presiding Judge.
Mary C. Foster, joined by her husband Isaac Foster, brought this suit on the 7th day of February, 1885, against Sam Evans, in the usual form of trespass to try title to a part of the Felix G. Mulliken 640-acres survey of land, described in the petition. The defendant answered by the plea of not guilty, and the three, five, and ten years statutes of limitation.
By supplemental petition the plaintiffs pleaded their intermarriage with each other in the’year 1853, and that Mary C. Foster had ever since been and was at that time a married woman.
A trial by jury resulted in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bracken v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Pearson v. FlanaganTexas Supreme Court · 1879
- Cantagrel v. Von LupinTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Carley v. PartonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
3Cited by14 opinions
- Shaver v. National Title & Abstract Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1962
- Long v. SheltonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Taylor v. DoomCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
- Word v. Houston Oil Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Best Investment Company v. HernandezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
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