Texas Southern Railway Co. v. Harle
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in' an appeal from Harrison County. The Railway Company sued Mrs. Harle and her husband to remove a cloud on the title to a portion of its road occasioned by her claim thereto. Mrs. Harle, in reeonvention, claimed title in herself, and recovered title to an undivided two-thirds interest. The company appealed and judgment was rendered thereon giving the entire property in controversy to Mrs. Harle.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in' an appeal from Harrison County. The Railway Company sued Mrs. Harle and her husband to remove a cloud on the title to a portion of its road occasioned by her claim thereto. Mrs. Harle, in reeonvention, claimed title in herself, and recovered title to an undivided two-thirds interest. The company appealed and judgment was rendered thereon giving the entire property in controversy to Mrs. Harle. Appellant, the railway company, thereupon obtained a writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This is a controversy between the plaintiff in error and Mrs. Harle joined by her husband, J. W. Harle, over the ownership of a portion' of the line of railroad and its appurtenances which has been in the possession of and operated by the plaintiff in error from Marshall id Winnsborough, Texas. The part in controversy is that extending from Marshall to Montvale Springs in Harrison County, a distance of about fifteen miles. The action was brought by plaintiff in error against the Harles and G. W. Parrott to remove the cloud upon its title caused by the claim of Mrs. Harle. The answer of the…
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