Legal Opinion

Thulemeyer v. Jones

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1873PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. This was an action of trespass to try title, instituted by the appellee against the appellant. Both parties derive title through ¡Robert ¡Robson. Jones, the appellee, derives his title as follows: In September, 1868, he obtained a judgment in the District Court of Colorado county, against Robert Robson, for the sum of one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars.

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Appeal from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. This was an action of trespass to try title, instituted by the appellee against the appellant. Both parties derive title through ¡Robert ¡Robson. Jones, the appellee, derives his title as follows: In September, 1868, he obtained a judgment in the District Court of Colorado county, against Robert Robson, for the sum of one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars. Execution issued on this judgment on the 18th day of December, 1868, and was returned unsatisfied, by order of the plaintiff in the execution. Robson sued…

1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.

The title of Jones, the appellee in this case, is unquestionably good. The supersedeas bond and appeal to the Supreme Court did not vacate his lien on the land owned by Hobson, within the county, at the time of the rendition of the judgment. Smith v. Kale, 32 Texas, 290, is a case in point with the one at bar.

A question has recently been presented before this court and very ably argued, in which it is contended on the one side that judgment liens do not attach to after-acquired property. My own opinion on this subject was not well settled until since the recent argument of the question at…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Aulanier v. GovernorTexas Supreme Court · 1846
  2. Smith v. KaleTexas Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Barron v. ThompsonTexas Supreme Court · 1880
  3. State Ex Rel. Glenn v. JordanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  4. Roman v. GoldbergCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  5. Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987

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