Blair v. Hennessy
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Leon County; S. W. Dean, Judge. Action by T. D. Hennessy against J. M. Blair, in which P. A. Newport and others intervene. From a judgment for plaintiff and interveners, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.
This is an action of trespass to try title brought by appellee Hennessy against appellant to recover a survey of one-third of a league of land in Leon county patented to Tapley W. Bennett, as-signee of Lucius Hibbard. Appellees, P. A. Newport, Nettie A. Mabry, and William Ma-bry, intervened in suit, and claimed title as heirs of Lucius Hibbard to an undivided one-third of the survey. Appellant disclaimed title except as to a tract of 1,175 acres out of said survey described in his answer, and as to which he pleaded not guilty and limitation of three, five, and ten years. The cause was tried…
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