Johnson v. Marti
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Tarrant County; Bruce Young, Judge. Action by Robert G. Johnson against Jost Marti and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Appellant, In the usual form of trespass to try title, instituted this suit against Jost Marti and others to recover certain lands described in his petition, situated in Tarrant county. Upon the conclusion of the evidence the court gave a peremptory instruction in favor of the defendants, and from the judgment following the verdict the plaintiff has appealed.
The evidence, while somewhat complicated is substantially undisputed. It shows that the land in controversy in 1908 was owned by one Fifer Newton who, on July 1st of that year, executed a trust deed conveying the land to Horace H. Cobb,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Richardson v. LeviTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Rosenborough v. CookTexas Supreme Court · 1917
- McCreary v. Reliance Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Hoffman v. BuchananCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Hudman v. HendersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
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- W. C. Belcher Land Mortgage Co. v. BarfieldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
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