Snow v. Starr
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Kaufman. Tried below before Hon. Anson Rainey. This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by Jas. H. Starr and Hattie J. Pope as plaintiffs, on the twelfth day of March, 1884, against H. J. Snow as defendant, to recover two tracts of land of 160 acres each, the same being part of the W. P. King section Ho. 1, for 640 acres. The land sued for is specifically described by metes and bounds in plaintiffs’ petition.
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Appeal from Kaufman. Tried below before Hon. Anson Rainey. This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by Jas. H. Starr and Hattie J. Pope as plaintiffs, on the twelfth day of March, 1884, against H. J. Snow as defendant, to recover two tracts of land of 160 acres each, the same being part of the W. P. King section Ho. 1, for 640 acres. The land sued for is specifically described by metes and bounds in plaintiffs’ petition. The defendant Snow filed his answer on May 29, 1884, pleading not guilty, and the statute of limitation of ten years. On the twelfth day of June, 1887, Ruthie…
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
This suit was an action of trespass to try title, brought by appellees, to recover of appellant Snow two quarter •sections of a survey of land in Kaufman County, consisting of 640 acres, patented by virtue of a certificate issued to Thomas Toby.
The defendant pleaded not guilty, and the statute of limitations of ten years. Appellant Ruthie Wright, joined by her husband, intervened in the suit, and resisted plaintiffs’ recovery, making common cause with the defendant. The defendant claimed title under a deed from one J. M. Kinchen. Kinchen had been married, and his…
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