Pluche v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern District of Texas. Action of trespass to try title brought by Adelaide J. Pluclie, Jeanette Lyon, Albert Emanuel, and others, against D. M. Jones and others. The circuit court instructed the jury to return a yerdict for defendants, and gave judgment accordingly. Plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
The facts necessary to the consideration of this case sufficiently appear in the following extracts from the bill of exceptions found in the record:
A jury having been duly impaneled and sworn, as the law provides, plaintiffs read their second amended original petition, filed January 17, 1801, being a formal petition of trespass 1o try tide, under the statutes of Tenas, to the following property, to wit: “A certain tract of land,” etc. Defendants read their answer, consisting of plea of not guilty, special pleas of three, five, anti ten years’ limitations, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pickett v. Doe ex rel. PopeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Cook v. CaswellTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Fowler v. BoydSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840
- Succession of De BellisleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1855
3Cited by1 opinion
- Buder v. FranzCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928