Legal Opinion

Brooks v. Chatham

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 18, 1882No. Case No. 4535PublishedCited by 60 opinions

Appeal from Cooke. Tried below before D. E. Barrett, Esq., special judge. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

Stayton, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by the appellee against the appellants to recover twenty-seven acres of land, title to which he derived through a judgment rendered in the county court of Cooke county, foreclosing an attachment lien thereon, acquired under the levy of an attachment made on the 17th of June, 1880, in a suit in which he was_ plaintiff, and IT. D. Brooks, the appellant, was defendant. The appellant acquired title to the land by purchase on the 11th day of June, 1880, and claims that the land at the time of the levy of the attachment, and at the time of sale, was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Baird v. TriceTexas Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Mabry v. HarrisonTexas Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Campbell v. MacmanusTexas Supreme Court · 1870

3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Cocke v. ConquestTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Autry v. ReasorTexas Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Gardner v. DouglassTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Vaughn v. VaughnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
  5. Gilmore v. DennisonTexas Supreme Court · 1938

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