Cowan v. Nixon
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bastrop. The case was tried before Hon. A. W. Terrell, one of the district judges. The case is fully and clearly stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWillie, J.
—The appellee, brought suit before James Taylor, a justice of the peace for the county of Bastrop, against the appellants, to recover of them damages to the amount of $100 for trespassing upon his land and cutting down and carrying away timber therefrom. Appellants, at the time of the institution of the suit, were residents of the county of Caldwell, but the land upon which the trespass was charged to have been committed was situated in Bastrop county. Appellants appeared before the justice and entered a plea in proper form to the jurisdiction of the court in which they ivere sued, alleging…
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