McDaniel v. Weiss
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Williamson. Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn. Suit in trespass to try title to six hundred and forty acres of land in Williamson county. The suit was brought June 25, 1878, by William Weiss and Lou E. Weiss, his wife, against William G. McDaniel, his wife Susan A. McDaniel, and J. W. McDaniel. There was no service had on J. W. McDaniel, and the suit as to him was dismissed.
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Appeal from Williamson. Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn. Suit in trespass to try title to six hundred and forty acres of land in Williamson county. The suit was brought June 25, 1878, by William Weiss and Lou E. Weiss, his wife, against William G. McDaniel, his wife Susan A. McDaniel, and J. W. McDaniel. There was no service had on J. W. McDaniel, and the suit as to him was dismissed. September 9, 1878, defendants William G. and Susan A. McDaniel filed their original answer consisting of a plea of not guilty. January 30, 1880, death of Lou E. Weiss suggested, and William Weiss…
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
The duly certified copy from the records of the district court of Jefferson county, of a judgment rendered in said court, was admissible in evidence without the aid of the statute making duly recorded instruments admissible, and consequently was not affected by the proviso requiring such instruments to be filed among the papers three days before the commencement of trial. R. C., 2257; Winters v. Laird, 27 Tex., 618.
In our opinion there is one ground on which the judgment of the court may have been founded and must be supported. The evidence was, we think, sufficient…
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