Legal Opinion

Mann v. Mathews

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 3, 1891No. 6899PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error from Coleman. Tried below before Hon. C. H. Jenkins, Special District Judge appointed by the Governor.

1Opinion of the Court

MARR, Judge,

Section A.—Sevina Lyon and others sued J. M. Mathews and his wife Amanda T., and W. T. Reese, R. C. Coffee, and M. D. O’Connor, to recover 960 acres of land in the name of James Greenwood. They obtained judgment below against defendants in error Mathews and wife for 629 acres of said land, but the defendants Reese and Coffee recovered the portions of the land claimed by them respectively, viz., Reese 181 acres and Coffee 150 acres. This land had been acquired from or under J. M. Mathews and wife by the last named defendants. The entire tract of 960 acres had previously been…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Morrison v. WalkerTexas Supreme Court · 1858
  2. Brown v. HearonTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Clark v. MumfordTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  4. DeWalt v. SnowTexas Supreme Court · 1860

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Payton v. City of Big SpringCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  2. Wiggins v. StephensTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  3. Morgan v. MorganCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Liquid Carbonic Co. v. HeadCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  5. Northern Pac. R. v. MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1898

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