Eckert v. Stewart
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Armstrong County; Hugh L. Umphres, Judge. Action by Otto Eckert and others against S. B. Stewart and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment rendered upon an instructed verdict. The assignments present as error the refusal of the court to instruct a verdict for the appellants, and the refusal of requested charges submitting certain issues of fact and error on the part of the court in taking the case from the jury and directing a verdict. The questions involved will require a somewhat lengthy statement of the facts and issues.
The controversy is over the title to a section of land in Armstrong county (section No. 177, block B4), which was owned by C. W. Stewart and his wife, Mary Stewart, during…
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