Baldwin v. Leonard

LESLIE, Chief Justice.

O. P. Leonard instituted this suit in the nature of trespass to try title, but really for possession, only, of a tract of land situated in Stonewall county.

A trial resulted in an instructed verdict and judgment thereon for the plaintiff against the defendants, Mrs. Nannie L. Baldwin and others. The defendants appeal, claiming that the judgment is invalid because it was rendered by a judge who had not been selected in accordance with article S, § 11, of the Constitution of Texas. A part of the contention is that there is a total absence in the record of any showing that…