Legal Opinion
Gorham v. Settegast
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 21, 1906PublishedCited by 44 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of Harris County. Tried below before Hon. Norman G. Hittrell.
1Opinion of the Court
NEILL, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by Clarence Johnson against J. J. Settegast in the ordinary form of an action of trespass to try title to 617% acres of the Eli Noland survey situated in Harris County, Texas. On August the 22d, 1904, Mollie E. Noland and Ida M. Gorham intervened in the case claiming that they were the true and sole owners of the land sued for by Johnson. The claim to the land as pleaded by them in their petition of intervention is as follows:
“Mrs. Ida M. Gorham, O. H., W. L. and Miss Mollie Noland are the sole and only heirs at law and next of kin of Eli Noland,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Wofford v. McKinnaTexas Supreme Court · 1859
- Hermann v. LikensTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Byers Bros. v. WallaceTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Dull v. BlumTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Hegler v. FaulknerSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Dawson v. Garcia, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1984
- Sullivan v. FantCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Lone Star Gas Co. v. ChildressCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945
- Buie v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Jones v. Sun Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1937
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