Grundy v. Greene
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Cass County; H. F. O’Neal, Judge. Trespass to try title by Eliza Grundy and others against F. M. Greene. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
The appellants are the widow and adult children of Emanuel Grundy, who died in 1900. They instituted this suit against the appellee, Greene, to recover 169½ acres of land situated in Cass county. The pleadings of the plaintiffs were in the ordinary form of an action of trespass to try title, and the answer was simply a plea of not guilty. The proof showed that Emanuel Grundy had purchased the land many years before his death. Papers which were introduced as evidence of title showed that he had executed five promissory notes as part of the original purchase price. There was some dispute as to…
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