Legal Opinion

Belgarde v. Carter

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 20, 1912Published

Appeal from District Court, Wilson County; E. A. Stevens, Judge. Trespass to try title by C. A. Belgarde and others against Marsh Carter and others. From a judgment on an instructed verdict for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtFly, J.

This is an action of trespass to try title, instituted by Fannie Arnold and Henry Arnold, her husband, Maisie Duglosch and husband, John Duglosch, Eva Wiley, Elizabeth Belgarde, joined by her husband, C. A. Belgarde, John Wiley, James Wiley, Louis Wiley, Martha Galloway and her husband, William Galloway, Henry Wiley, and Allen Wiley against Charles Criss, Hyman Stroud, and Marsh Carter to recover two tracts of land in Wilson county. The court instructed a verdict for appellees.

The decision in this case turns upon the construction of the following instrument, appellants contending that it is a…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Maynard v. MaynardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
  2. Tynan v. PaschalTexas Supreme Court · 1863
  3. Newton v. Emerson, Talcott & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Holmes v. CoryellTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Ochoa v. MillerTexas Supreme Court · 1883

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