Alice State Bank v. Houston Pasture Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit.to recover 1280 acres of land in San Patricio County, Texas. There was a trial by jury in which the Court directed a verdict for the plaintiff as to all but certain excepted portions not in controversy here. Exceptions were saved by the defendants, the petitioners, to their not being allowed to go to .the jury on the question whether they had a good defense under the Texas statutes, of limitation; but they were overruled and the judgment was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. A petition for certiorari was allowed on the suggestion that there-was a manifest conflict…
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