Legal Opinion

House v. Stephens.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 26, 1917No. 245PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Harris County. Trespass to try title begun by James Stephens and Susan V. Stephens against H. C. House and others, and continued by the last-named plaintiff as surviving wife of James Stephens. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.

This is a suit in trespass to try title, filed October 14, 1913, in the Sixty-First district court of Harris county, Tex., by James Stephens and Susan V. Stephens against H. C. House and others for an undivided one-sixth of the Mary Owens league, lying partly in Harris county and partly in Montgomery county, Tex. The brief for the appellee admits that the statements in appellants’ brief with) reference to the nature and result of the suit are in the main correct, and therefore we follow the said statements in the general brief for appellants.

On J anuary 6, 1916, plaintiff Susan V. Stephens…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dunlap v. SoutherlinTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Freeman v. HawkinsTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Zadick v. Schafer, Swartz & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Pratt v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Corn v. Crosby County Cattle Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1930
  2. Southwestern Settlement & Development Co. v. Village Mills Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1921
  3. Moore v. HornCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
  4. Stephens v. HouseTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Crosby County Cattle Co. v. CornCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928

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