Briscoe v. Bronaugh
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris County. The facts in this case are fully presented in the opinion of the court delivered by Mr. Justice Wheeler and Gillespie.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This was an action brought by the appellant to recover of the appellee the possession of a lot with its improvements, in the city of Houston.
*(234)A verdict and judgment thereon having been given for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed, and now contends that the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence in the case, and that the judgment should therefore be reversed.
The history of the derivation of title, as disclosed by the record, appears to be that the original proprietors, the Houston Town Company, sold the premises to one Woodruff, who sold to the present defendant by parol sale and…
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