City of San Antonio v. Grandjean
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil-Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. Marie O. Grandjean sued the City of San Antonio in trespass to try title. Defendant had judgment and plaintiff appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, where the judgment was reversed and rendered for appellant. The City of San Antonio then obtained writ of error:
1Opinion of the Court
This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by Marie O. Grandjean against the City of San Antonio, to recover a parcel of real estate lying in said city and claimed by the city as a part of a street.
The city pleaded not guilty, and specially, that at one time the property belonged to the community estate of the plaintiff and Ulysses Grandjean, her husband, and that in a regular proceeding instituted against the husband for the purpose, the property had been condemned as a street and the damages assessed and paid. It also pleaded that after the attempted condemnation and assessment,…
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