Staples v. Callahan

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of Cameron County, 103rd Judicial District, dismissing, for want of jurisdiction, appellants’ motion for a new trial brought under Article 2236, R.C.S. 1925, in a cause in that court, styled Lizzie Havre v. Pat F. Dunn et al.

The cause was an action- of trespass to try title and for damages, brought originally by Lizzie Havre against Pat F. Dunn, Sam A. Robertson and W.. E. Callahan, to recover title and possession of Padre Island, situated along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, in Cameron and .other counties of this State.

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