Legal Opinion

Aldridge v. Pardee

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 30, 1900PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Dallas. Tried below before Hon. John M. Avery, Special Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

RAIHEY, Chief Justice.

This is an action of trespass to try title brought by plaintiffs below, A. D. Aldridge, A. F. Hardie, and W. G. Mowry, trustees, for J. E. Downes and associates, against defendants below, E. H. Pardee and Collis P. Huntington, to recover certain lands in Dallas, Kaufman, and Houston counties. It was agreed that the Texas Trunk Bailroad Company, incorporated under the general laws of Texas, November 6, 1879, was the common source of title. Hnder peremptory instructions of the court the jury found for the plaintiff for all the land sued for except two tracts, known as the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Hermann v. LikensTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Cooke v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Smith v. CrosbyTexas Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Wilson v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Martel v. SomersTexas Supreme Court · 1863

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Continental Supply Co. v. Forrest E. Gilmore Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  2. Ph&338nix Land Co. v. ExallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  3. Altgelt v. Texas Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1937
  4. Pardee v. AldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  5. Allison v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914

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