Ragsdale v. Gohlke
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from De Witt. Tried below before the Hon. Henry Maney. The case is sufficiently disclosed by the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This is an action of trespass to try title, in which large damages are claimed for the destruction of timber.
The plaintiff below set up title for six hundred and forty acres of land, patented to him as the assignee of James 0. Duff.
The defendants filed a plea of the general issue, and also plead the statutes of three, five, and ten years’ limitation. These answers were filed on the 1st day of April, 1869. On the following day, the plaintiff amended his petition, claiming rents and profits. At the September term following, the defendants both disclaimed title to all the land, except one…
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