Hillebrant v. Brewer
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Jefferson. This suit was brought by the defendants in error against tlie plaintiff'in error to recover the value of certain cattle, alleged to lie the property of the plaintiff' below, Caroline, acquired before her intermarriage with lier eoplaintiff, William Brewer, by gift from her father, the defendant below, and to have been sold and converted by him to His own use.
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Error from Jefferson. This suit was brought by the defendants in error against tlie plaintiff'in error to recover the value of certain cattle, alleged to lie the property of the plaintiff' below, Caroline, acquired before her intermarriage with lier eoplaintiff, William Brewer, by gift from her father, the defendant below, and to have been sold and converted by him to His own use. The original petition ivas filed on tlie 6th day of April, 1850. The statute of limitations was pleaded, and the plaintiffs thereupon amended their petition, alleging that tlie plaintiff, Caroline, until within less…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
For the plaintiff in error it is insisted—
1st. That t._j evidence does not show title in the plaintiff.
2d. That it til cl not authorize a verdict for the amount found by the .jury, ami that the verdict is excessive; and
3d. That it does not support the averment in the petition that the plaintiff was an infant and within tiie exception of tiie statute of limitations in favor of infants.
1. The evidence relied on by the plaintiffs to establish their title by gift to the property in question consisted of the acts and declarations of the donor. These were numerous and continuous, and were, we…
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