Maverick v. Flores
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. George H. Noonan. Appellant, Mary A. Maverick, as plaintiff below brought this suit on the twenty-fourth day of December, 1885, in the ordinary form of an action of trespass to try title, against appellees, Francisco Flores, Jose Flores and Oscar Crawford, defendants below, to recover a lot of land situated in the city of San Antonio, in Bexar county, Texas, setting out the boundaries thereof, and alleging that plaintiff was at…
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Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. George H. Noonan. Appellant, Mary A. Maverick, as plaintiff below brought this suit on the twenty-fourth day of December, 1885, in the ordinary form of an action of trespass to try title, against appellees, Francisco Flores, Jose Flores and Oscar Crawford, defendants below, to recover a lot of land situated in the city of San Antonio, in Bexar county, Texas, setting out the boundaries thereof, and alleging that plaintiff was at the date of the institution of the suit, and had been from a date prior to the first day of January, 1883, the legal and…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, Associate Justice.
Both parties claimed under one Petra Zambrano y Flores, the appellant, who was the plaintiff below, under an execution, sale and transfers down to her. The defendants by inheritance.
The defendants had possession of the lot for twelve years before 1875. In February, 1875, one Adams took possession under one of the joint owners (whose estate plaintiff has) and remained in adverse possession for about two years. He had a lease from defendants for one adjoining lot on the north, and in 1877 sold out to one Dunn, who sold to Brown, who attorned to Flores and paid him…
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