Craig v. Cartwright
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Jefferson. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Ford. This is a suit, in trespass to try title, by Amanda Cartwright, appellee, against JohnC.
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Appeal from Jefferson. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Ford. This is a suit, in trespass to try title, by Amanda Cartwright, appellee, against JohnC. Craig, appellant, filed in the district court of Jefferson county, August 31, 1883, for the recovery of three thousand two hundred and fifty-six acres of land, more or less, a part of the tract known as the league granted to David Brown, a colonist, situate'on the west bank of the Feches river, in Jefferson county, and for $10,000 damages for rental value thereof, and for trees and timber cut down, appropriated and destroyed. The defendant, in…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The petition, in connection with the papers which were referred to and made part of it, gave a sufficient description of the land sued for, and the court did not err in overruling demurrers which raised this question. The deed from David Brown, the original grantee of the land, which conveyed all of the grant unsold at the time he executed it, was admissible, as were the deeds executed by him before the execution of that deed, and, together, showed what passed by it.
The deeds through which appellee claims, show title in her to all of the headright league granted to…
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