Brown v. Foster Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, San Jacinto County; J. Llewellyn, Judge. Trespass to try title by the Foster Lumber Company against E. P. Brown and another, in which Mary E. Brown filed a petition in intervention. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant and intervener appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action of trespass to try title brought by appellee against R. P. Brown and the Michigan Diamond Oil Refining Company to recover the D. M. Bullock 601 1/2-acre survey in San Jacinto county. After the trial began plaintiff took a nonsuit as to the Oil Refining Company.
The defendant R. P. Brown disclaimed title to all the land, except a tract of 160 acres described in his answer, as to which he pleaded not guilty. He also pleaded limitation of 10 years; that the land was the separate property of his wife; and that it was, and had been since 1875, the homestead of himself and wife.
Mary…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Creamer v. BriscoeTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- City of San Antonio v. BerryTexas Supreme Court · 1898
- Jergens v. SchieleTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- McCord v. W.A. NaboursTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- Childress v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
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- Wrightsman v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Clark v. PulsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946
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