Ogden & Johnson v. Bosse
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. The opinion gives a statement of the case in the District Court. On appeal the judgment below, which was for Bosse, the plaintiff, was reversed and judgment rendered by Court of Civil Appeals for the defendants.
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. The opinion gives a statement of the case in the District Court. On appeal the judgment below, which was for Bosse, the plaintiff, was reversed and judgment rendered by Court of Civil Appeals for the defendants. The trial court had held, that deeds (original) introduced by the plaintiff only to show common source of title, the defendants not having introduced them in evidence, could not be considered for any other purpose. Upon this question the discussion by the Court of Civil Appeals is given. “ The…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
August 18, 1885, Henry Bosse filed a petition in the form of trespass to try title in the District Court of Bexar County against Cadwalader and Snyder to recover of them lots 3 and 4, in block 8, in the city of San Antonio. September 5,1885, defendants fileci an answer, consisting of plea of not guilty, that they claimed no interest in the land, but held the same as the tenants of Sam Johnson, and praying that he be made a party defendant to the suit. On the same day Johnson filed a plea of not guilty.
March 9, 1886, the plaintiff, anticipating the defense of Johnson…
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