Towns v. Harris
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Brazoria. Action of trespass to try title, commenced. Oct. 16th, 1846, by appellant against appellees. The statement of facts showed that it was proved, that Edwin Waller owned and possessed the premises sued for, from the 17th day of Dec., 1836, to the 21st of May, 1840 ; that on said 21st May, 1840, said Waller sold said premises to Mosely Hooker, and on the same day, said Hooker conveyed said premises in trust to John W. Harris and E. M. Pease to secure…
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Appeal from Brazoria. Action of trespass to try title, commenced. Oct. 16th, 1846, by appellant against appellees. The statement of facts showed that it was proved, that Edwin Waller owned and possessed the premises sued for, from the 17th day of Dec., 1836, to the 21st of May, 1840 ; that on said 21st May, 1840, said Waller sold said premises to Mosely Hooker, and on the same day, said Hooker conveyed said premises in trust to John W. Harris and E. M. Pease to secure certain notes due to Edwin Waller; that said notes and deeds of trust were transferred to Samuel Harris, one of the…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
This is an action to try title, in which the appellant was plaintiff in the Court below, and the appellees were the defendants.
The petition was filed 16th October, 1846, and states that on the 1st day of January, 1846, the plaintiff was legally seized and possessed- of one thousand acres of land in Brazoria county, which is particularly described; that defendants, on the said first day of January, 1846, forcibly and illegally entered upon the same, and forcibly ejected the plaintiff from the same; and concludes with a prayer for a citation, and for judgment for the land and damages, &c. &c.
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