Snyder v. Nunn
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Mitchell. Tried below before the Hon. Win. Kennedy. This was an action of trespass to try title. The general and special exceptions to the petition were sustained, and the plaintiff, Snyder, declining to amend, the case was dismissed. The allegations of the petition are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by Snyder against Nunn to recover possession of six hundred and forty acres of land, it being section one hundred and fifty-four, in block number three, surveyed for the common school fund by the Houston & Great Northern Railroad Company, in the county of Scurry, and to annul the claim of Nunn as a cloud upon the plaintiff’s title, The petition alleges that Snyder is the equitable owner of the land, and was in possession of the same on January 1, 1884, and that the defendant at that time entered upon it, and still withholds the land from the…
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