Ball v. Norton
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of First Supreme Judicial District. Action by L. E. Norton against P. D. C. Ball. Judgment for defendant was reversed, and the cause was remanded by the Court of Civil Appeals (225 S. W. 581), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtGallagher, J.
This is an action of trespass to try title brought by L. E. Norton against P. D. 0. Ball to recover 867 acres of land out of the Palacious grant in Anderson county. Ball disclaimed as to all the land sued for except such as was included within a certain 792-acre tract described by metes and bounds in his pleadings, and which land he sought to recover by cross-action.
There was a trial by jury. The court instructed a verdict for Norton for all the land sued for except such as was described in Ball’s cross-action and, as to such land, instructed a verdict for Ball. Verdict was rendered as…
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