Legal Opinion

MacGregor v. Thompson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 26, 1894No. 531PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Harris. Tried below before Hon. S. H. Brashear.

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

According to the findings of the court below, the party from whom appellant purchased the land in controversy had the title to it, until it was acquired by another claimant by adverse possession, under the ten years’ statute of limitations. After such title by limitation had become complete, the houses and fences, by means of which possession had been evidenced, were burned, occupancy ceased, and there were no vestiges upon the land itself to show that it had ever been occupied. In this condition it remained for about six years, when appellant bought it from the…

2Cited by19 opinions

  1. Marshburn v. StewartCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
  2. Carlock v. WillardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  3. Bowles v. BryanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
  4. Bowles v. BryanTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  5. Smith v. BunchCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903

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