Liddell v. Gordon
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Lamar County; A. P. Dohoney, Judge. Trespass to try title by Solomon Liddell and others against J. A. Gordon. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. The appellants brought the suit against the appellee in trespass to try title to and for partition of 66 acres of land of the J. K. Howard survey. The plaintiffs alleged that they owned one half and the defendants owned one half undivided interest in the land.
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Appeal from District Court, Lamar County; A. P. Dohoney, Judge. Trespass to try title by Solomon Liddell and others against J. A. Gordon. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. The appellants brought the suit against the appellee in trespass to try title to and for partition of 66 acres of land of the J. K. Howard survey. The plaintiffs alleged that they owned one half and the defendants owned one half undivided interest in the land. The defendant pleaded not guilty and the three, five and ten years’ statutes of limitation to all the land. The court peremptorily instructed the jury…
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
(after stating the facts as above). [1,2] The evidence, as seen, is conflicting as to adverse possession of the land and as to payment of taxes. The witness Gunn says he bought the land from George W. Liddell and had exclusive possession and management and paid all taxes from March 8, 1905, to February 15, 1910, being about 20 days, less than 5 years. But George W. Lid-dell denies that Frank Gunn was ever in actual possession of the place, or that the conveyance to him was intended to operate as a deed, and that Gunn paid the taxes thereon. And this same witness denies that he, either before…
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