House v. Reavis
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal from .Hill County. Suit for recovery of land by House et al. against Reavis et al. Defendant had judgment in the trial court, which was affirmed on appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
T. W. House, J. H. B. House and E. M. House commenced this suit in the District Court of Hill County against W. F. Wallace, Sidney Hills and William Reavis, to recover a portion of a tract of land patented to A. Jacobs. Hills was the tenant of Reavis. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and the case was tried by the court without a jury, judgment being rendered for the defendants in error.
The land in controversy was patented to A. Jacobs on the 6th day of December, I860, the patent being introduced in evidence on the trial. The plaintiff produced in evidence a…
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