Legal Opinion

Paxton v. Meyer

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1886No. 2044PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Shelby. Tried below before the Hon. J. G. Hazlewood. This was an action of trespass to try title. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendant, Able Meyer. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Gaines, Associate Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by appellants against appellee. Both parties claim under one Freeland, who was the original grantee of the land in controversy. Appellants set up a judgment against Free-land’s administrator, enforcing an attachment lien on the land and a sale by the administrator, under an order of the district court sitting in probate, made in pursuance of that judgment. *98Defendant claims under a deed from Freeland and wife, made to him in 1863, while the original suit in which the judgment enforcing the lien was pending. A copy of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Brownson v. ScanlanTexas Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Rosenborough v. CookTexas Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Baldwin v. RootTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Mayers v. PaxtonTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Blum v. RogersTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  5. Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. AndrewsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926

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