Legal Opinion

McDonough v. Cross

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1874Published

Appeal from Rusk. Tried below before the Hon. J. B. Williamson.

1Opinion

On Rehearing.

Long & Long, for appellees. — It will appear from the opinion of the court in this cause that two principal questions arose and were decided by the court, by which-decision it was held that neither appellant, McDonough, nor appellees, Cross and wife, were entitled to the-land sued for. In effect, the court held, that Cross and wife (or rather Willie Smith, their ward,) owned an interest in common with the two intervenors and another - party in the land.

If the court was right in thus placing the title in Willie Smith ás a tenant in common with the intervenors? it-erred in failing…

2Cases cited5 opinions

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  2. Millican v. MillicanTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  3. Croft v. RainsTexas Supreme Court · 1853
  4. Dyer v. SullivanTexas Supreme Court · 1857
  5. Reynolds v. McFaddenTexas Supreme Court · 1872

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