Legal Opinion
State of Texas v. O'Connor
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 1903No. 1193PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The State sued O’Connor for the recovery of land and obtained a judgment, which, on defendant’s appeal, was reversed and rendered in his favor. The State then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
On the 5th day of February, 1901, the Attorney-General of the State of Texas instituted this suit against O'Connor in the District Court of the Twenty-sixth District in Travis County to recover from him 19,410 acres of land described in the plaintiff's petition and situated in Webb County. The facts of the case are stated by the Court of Civil Appeals as follows:
"The evidence established the fact, that, under the law of 1860, Daniel Ruggles instituted two suits in the District Court of Webb County for the confirmation of the title to two large tracts of land, one of which was designated as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Goss v. McClarenTexas Supreme Court · 1856
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3Cited by12 opinions
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