Legal Opinion

Cook v. Carroll Land & Cattle Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 14, 1894No. 407PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error from Clay. Tried below before Hon. George E. Miller.

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

Plaintiffs in error, claiming to be the sole heirs of Thomas Cook, brought this suit against the Carroll Land and Cattle Company and other defendants in possession of the land sued for. Defendants in error, M. V. Cook and others, also claiming to be the sole heirs of said Thomas Cook, intervened and sought to recover the land against both plaintiffs and defendants.

They propounded interrogatories to one of the plaintiffs, M. F. Cook, without notice to the other plaintiffs, upon which his deposition was taken. The plaintiffs moved to quash this deposition, because…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Texas Trunk Railway Co. v. Jackson Bros.Texas Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Thompson v. GriffinTexas Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Mercer v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
  2. Edinburg Irr. Co. v. LedbetterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Old River Rice Irr. Co. v. StubbsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Carson v. McCormick Harvesting MacHine Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1898
  5. Finch v. OgdenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1909

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