Beaumont Pasture Co. v. Preston & Smith
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Jefferson. Tried below before the Hon. W. J. Win-gate, special judge. This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by Preston &■ Smith against the Beaumont Pasture company, to recover a league of land in the possession of the latter. Defendants pleaded not guilty. The trial was by jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendants appealed.
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Appeal from Jefferson. Tried below before the Hon. W. J. Win-gate, special judge. This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by Preston &■ Smith against the Beaumont Pasture company, to recover a league of land in the possession of the latter. Defendants pleaded not guilty. The trial was by jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendants appealed. The paragraph of the court’s charge to the jury, relating to the written instrument offered in evidence by the plaintiffs, is as follows: In this case the defendants file an affidavit, in which they attack a…
1Opinion of the Court
Robertson, Associate Justice.
The appellees brought this suit for a league of land in Jefferson county, granted to Joseph Butler. *451They claimed under an instrument purporting to be a deed from Joseph Butler to E. D. Johnson, dated September 16, 1840. Upon the paper is what purports to be the proof of the deed for registration by two of the three subscribing witnesses before the chief justice of Shelby county, and where the seal should be impressed is a red stain, which may be the relic of a sealing wafer. The certificate of proof is dated November 5, 1840, and upon it, as sufficient…
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