Lee v. Wharton
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. At the April Term, 1843, a trial was had, and verdict and judgment rendered for the defendant, Lee, from which the plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court. At the --- Term, 184-, of the Supreme Court, the judgment was reversed by consent of parties, and the cause remanded for a new trial.
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Appeal from Travis. At the April Term, 1843, a trial was had, and verdict and judgment rendered for the defendant, Lee, from which the plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court. At the --- Term, 184-, of the Supreme Court, the judgment was reversed by consent of parties, and the cause remanded for a new trial. The trial and judgment from which this appeal was taken, were had in 1852. The admissions of counsel, upon which points were made, appeared to have been made on the eve of the former trial. The fifth interrogatory to Oliver Jones, and which was excluded, was, “State, if you can, if said…
1Opinion of the Court
W. E. Jones, S. J.
The appellees were plaintiffs in the Court below; and the object of the suit, which was instituted as far back as 1839, is the recovery of a half a league of land, on the Brazos river, in Washington county, where the cause originated, having been transferred by change of venue to Travis. The land, which is the subject of contest, is part of the headright league of Wm. S. Brown, as a colonist, and is claimed by the appellees, under an Alcalde’s deed to Jared E. Groce, and a conveyance from Groce to Wm. H. Wharton, whose heirs they claim to be. The deed of the Alcalde to Groce…
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