Downs v. Blount
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas. In the court helow there was a consolidation of the causes styled “Emma Y. Powell vs. George E. Downs,” and “E. A. Blount vs. George E. Downs et al.,” both being actions of trespass to try title under the statutes of Texas. The land involved is the east half of the Joses Ilobdy league, situated in San Augustine county, Tex.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas. In the court helow there was a consolidation of the causes styled “Emma Y. Powell vs. George E. Downs,” and “E. A. Blount vs. George E. Downs et al.,” both being actions of trespass to try title under the statutes of Texas. The land involved is the east half of the Joses Ilobdy league, situated in San Augustine county, Tex. The original petition of Emma Y. Powell was filed on February 27, 1904, the plaintiff therein claiming to be the owner of an undivided one-fourth interest in the east half of said league.…
1Opinion of the CourtShelby, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The land in controversy was, conveyed to Martha R. Jones, the wife of James A. Jones, on March 27, 1854. Both parties to the suit deraign title from her. She and her husband conveyed the land on October 15, 1854, to James Vaughan, and the deed was filed for record April 15,* 1855, and duly recorded. The chief controversy in the case relates to defects in the certificate of acknowledgment to this deed. James Vaughan and those who succeeded to his rights, including Downs, the plaintiff in error, claimed the land under this deed for more than a half century,…
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