Bowman v. Watson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Parker. Tried below before the Hon. B. B. Beckham. This was a suit in which the appellee, by an action of trespass to try title, sought to recover of the appellant, lots five and six in Dugan’s block, of Weatherford, Parker county, and $30 per month, as rent, for the use thereof from November 5, 1885. The petition was filed January 6, 1886, and alleged that the appellee was in possession on November 5, 1885, when he was ejected by appellant.
Read the full summary
Appeal from Parker. Tried below before the Hon. B. B. Beckham. This was a suit in which the appellee, by an action of trespass to try title, sought to recover of the appellant, lots five and six in Dugan’s block, of Weatherford, Parker county, and $30 per month, as rent, for the use thereof from November 5, 1885. The petition was filed January 6, 1886, and alleged that the appellee was in possession on November 5, 1885, when he was ejected by appellant. Appellant answered" that he was not guilty, and by a special plea that he was the head of a family, and had, as such, used the lots for more…
1Opinion of the CourtRobertson, Associate Justice
The single controversy in this cause is whether the lots in suit were the business homestead of appellant on September 24, 1885. Appellant bought and improved the lots for a wagon yard in 1880, and from that time, with perhaps one short intermission of a few months, until September 1, 1885, his business was to keep up the premises and carry on there the wagon yard business. On September 1, 1885, he rented out the premises for six months, and on September 23, he entered upon a week’s engagement for personal service with Cameron & Co., lumber dealers, in Weather-ford. Appellant testified that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shryock & Rowland v. LatimerTexas Supreme Court · 1882
3Cited by12 opinions
- Smith v. Guckenheimer & SonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1900
- Carter v. PickettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Orr v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926
- Alexander v. LovittTexas Supreme Court · 1902
- Hibbs v. City Nat. Bank of Wichita FallsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.