Legal Opinion

Jenkins v. Cain

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 23, 1888No. 3615PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Smith. Tried below before Hon. Felix J. McCord.

1Opinion of the Court

Walker, Associate Justice.—A

statement of the case made in the brief for appellants and concurred in by counsel for appellees is as follows: “Suit was filed in the court below June 19, 1888, by Cain & Cain against appellant and other heirs of Andrew Jenkins, deceased, alleging that on March 4, 1881, judgment was rendered in favor of the executors of Sam. L. Earle against Andrew Jenkins for $379, and foreclosing the vendor’s lien on a tract of land described in the petition; that plaintiffs were the owners of the same by assignment; that the judgment had been allowed to become dormant; that an…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Robertson v. PaulTexas Supreme Court · 1856
  2. Buchanan v. WagnonTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Cassaday v. FranklardTexas Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Long v. CastanedaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Phillips v. J. B. Watkins Land Mortgage Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Anderson v. First National Bank of El PasoTexas Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Lieber v. Mercantile National Bank at DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
  5. First Nat. Bank of Bowie v. ConeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943

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