Legal Opinion

Rushing v. Lanier

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 10, 1908PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Liberty County. Tried below before Hon. L. B. Hightower.

1Opinion of the Court

FLY, Associate Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title to 1,076 acres of land in Liberty County, out of a survey of 1,476 acres patented to A. B. Hardin, assignee of E. B. Jackson. The plaintiffs were Howard S. Lanier and James R. Wylie, and the defendants named in the original petition were Rube Rushing, Geo. Williamson, William Cherry, Charles Rice and James Terrell. In the amended petition, on which the cause was tried, the name of Terrell was omitted and that of Joe Rook was substituted, and it was alleged, in addition to the ordinary averments in cases of this character, that…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Bounds v. LittleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  2. Kirby v. EstillCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  3. Traylor v. TownsendTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Pearce v. BellTexas Supreme Court · 1858
  5. Crain v. HuntingtonTexas Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Miller v. Fenner, Beane & UngerleiderCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  2. Vincent v. BellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
  3. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  4. Pickrell v. Imperial Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1921
  5. Heard v. BowenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916

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