Legal Opinion
Lindley v. Lindley
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 13, 1899No. 750PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Question certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Hopkins County.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District has certified to this court the following statement and question:
“This suit was instituted by B. Lindley against Jahu Lindley to restrain by injunction interference with the possession of a certain tract of land. At the time of the trial the case had become an action of trespass to try title, both plaintiff and defendant having affirmatively claimed title.
“On the trial the defendant showed a complete chain of title from the-sovereignty of the soil down to himself. One link in his chain of title is a…
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