Horst v. Lightfoot
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Grimes County. Lightfoot and others sued Horst and others for the recovery of land. Defendant had judgment and plaintiffs appealed. The Appellate Court, reversing, rendered judgment for appellants, and appellees obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The plaintiff in error Horst was the defendant and the defendants in error were the plaintiffs below and the other plaintiffs in error were impleaded by Horst as his warrantors.
The defendants in error will be referred to as plaintiffs and the plaintiffs in error as defendants.
The action was one of trespass to try title to recover 1280 acres of land in Grimes County, patented to Valentine Snider, October 1, 1841, and conveyed by him to Abraham McMillan by deed executed September 7, 1842, but not recorded until July 11, 1853.
The plaintiffs claim as heirs of George Resley, to whom McMillan…
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