Legal Opinion

Moores v. Wills

Texas Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1887No. 2325PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Error from Bowie. Tried below before the Hon. W. P. McLean.

1Opinion of the Court

Gaines, Associate Justice.

The testator of plaintiff in error brought this suit against the defendants in error to recover a tract of land; or, in the event the court should be of opinion that he was not entitled to a judgment for the land, for a decree enforcing certain liens thereon. After first alleging his ownership of the premises in general terms, and the defendant’s trespass, the plaintiff in his petition sets forth his title specially, averring that he loaned the defendant, C. B. Wills, one hundred and fifty • dollars, and that thereupon, for the purpose of seeming the loan, the latter…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Baxter v. DearTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  2. Runnels v. BeldenTexas Supreme Court · 1879
  3. Bennett & Lockwood v. FraryTexas Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Leahy v. TimonTexas Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Luby v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
  3. Simon v. MiddletonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
  4. Schulz v. L. E. Whitham & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Warten v. BlackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915

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