Lawson v. Kelley
Texas Supreme Court
This is an action in trespass to try title for an undivided half of a section of land. Answer, not guilty. The evidence shows the plaintiff claimed an undivided half of the land through conveyance of the heirs of Jonathan S. and Cynthia Brown, his wife, both deceased. Plaintiff admitted that defendant owns the other undivided half through sale made by the administrator of Jonathan S. Brown, deceased.
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This is an action in trespass to try title for an undivided half of a section of land. Answer, not guilty. The evidence shows the plaintiff claimed an undivided half of the land through conveyance of the heirs of Jonathan S. and Cynthia Brown, his wife, both deceased. Plaintiff admitted that defendant owns the other undivided half through sale made by the administrator of Jonathan S. Brown, deceased. The defendant under the evidence • claims all the land under a decree of a District Court against the administrator of Jonathan S. Brown, deceased. The decree and papers in that case show that…
1Opinion of the Court
GARRETT, Presiding Judge,
Section B. —The first and second assignments of error present the question relied on by the appellant for a reversal of this case: Did the decree of the District Court of Harrison County in cause Ho. 5055, wherein James E. Brown was plaintiff and Wm. Uindenstock, as administrator of the estate of Jonathan S. Brown, deceased, was the sole defendant, convey title to the land as against the heirs of Jonathan S. Brown, who were not parties to the suit1?
Counsel for appellant earnestly contends, in a very able brief and written argument, that under the law as it existed at…
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