Drummond v. Lewis
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, San Patricio County. Action hy J. H. Drummond against Steve^ J. Lewis and another. From a judgment' that plaintiff take nothing by his action, he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtTaliaferro, J.
On the 21st day of July, 1906, plaintiff, J. H. Drummond, filed suit against Steve J. Lewis and D. McNeill Turner in trespass to try title; on March 18, 1912, D. McNeill Turner disclaimed; on October 14, 1912, on the first day of the court, in the absence of plaintiff and plaintiff’s counsel, a judgment was given defendant by default; thereafter, during the same term of the court, on October 23, 1912, a motion was filed by the plaintiff for a new trial and reinstatement of the cause, setting up the grounds that he lived in Jefferson county, Tex., and that he had employed an attorney in San…
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