Griffith v. Sauls
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Williamson. Tried below before Hon. A. S. Walker. Appellants L. E. Griffith and J. H. Muckleroy brought this suit in the District Court of Travis County against the appellee J. H. Sauls in trespass to try title to 589 acres of land described in appellants’ original petition. ■ The appellee Sauls answered by general denial, pleas of not guilty, and statutes of limitations of three and five years.
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Appeal from Williamson. Tried below before Hon. A. S. Walker. Appellants L. E. Griffith and J. H. Muckleroy brought this suit in the District Court of Travis County against the appellee J. H. Sauls in trespass to try title to 589 acres of land described in appellants’ original petition. ■ The appellee Sauls answered by general denial, pleas of not guilty, and statutes of limitations of three and five years. By agreement of all parties to the suit a change of venue was had to the District Court of Williamson County. It was also agreed that this action should apply in every respect to R. B.…
1Opinion of the Court
ACKER, Presiding Judge. —
L. E. Griffith and J. H. Muckleroy
brought this suit against J. H. Sauls in trespass to try title to 589 acres of land out of the McDougle and the Isaac Lindsey surveys, both patented January 26, 1847.
The defendant answered by general denial, not guilty, and the three and five years statutes of limitation. The trial without a jury resulted in judgment in favor of defendant for the land, from which plaintiffs appealed.
The parties entered into the following agreement:
“ 1. That plaintiffs’ chain of title is perfect, and that they hold under the John McDougle survey,…
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