Legal Opinion

Gonzales v. Chartier

Texas Supreme Court

Decided January 16, 1885No. Case No. 1929PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Duval. Tried below before the Hon. J. O. Russell. Action by the appellants against several parties, including the appellee, on the 26th day of June, A. D. 1882, in the nature of a bill to enforce contribution for costs paid and expenses incurred by the appellants in the prosecution of a suit in the district court of Hueces county, for the purpose of establishing the boundaries of and quieting the title to a tract of land known as and called “La Huerta,’’ in which…

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Appeal from Duval. Tried below before the Hon. J. O. Russell. Action by the appellants against several parties, including the appellee, on the 26th day of June, A. D. 1882, in the nature of a bill to enforce contribution for costs paid and expenses incurred by the appellants in the prosecution of a suit in the district court of Hueces county, for the purpose of establishing the boundaries of and quieting the title to a tract of land known as and called “La Huerta,’’ in which all the parties therein were interested as joint owners. The action in which these expenses and costs were incurred was…

1Opinion of the Court

Willie, Chief Justice.

Three grounds of special demurrer were sustained below to the amended petition of appellants, and the cause dismissed, no amendment to the petition having been offered.

As to the point made, that the amended petition was in violation of rule 13 prescribed for the government of district courts, it is sufficient to say that the amended petition does point out the instrument it proposes to amend, viz.: the original petition filed June 26, 1882. This rule does not require that the new pleading shall state in terms that it is a substitute for the one amended, but it is made…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Thouvenin v. LeaTexas Supreme Court · 1863
  2. Cross v. EvertsTexas Supreme Court · 1866
  3. Doggett v. PattersonTexas Supreme Court · 1856

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Seale v. MuseCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
  2. Goen v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
  3. Levy v. RylandNevada Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Nichols v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
  5. Carson Bros. v. McCord-collins Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1904

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