Legal Opinion
Taliaferro v. Butler
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 6, 1890No. 6545PublishedCited by 33 opinions
Appeal from Karnes. Tried below before Hon. H. Olay Pleasants.
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Associate Justice.
—This was an action of trespass to try-title to two-thirds of a league and one labor of land patented to the heirs of Isaac Ticknor.
The plaintiffs were Susan D. Taliaferro, the wife, and Susan Byrne and Louisa Parker, the granddaughters of said Ticknor. The widow claimed an undivided one-half and the granddaughters each an undivided one-fourth of the survey.
W. G. Butler and J. D. Pace were the defendants. The defendant Butler claimed one subdivision containing 694 acres and another one containing 2029 acres, less 186 acres- sold by him to his codefendant Pace, who in…
2Cited by33 opinions
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- Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Village Mills Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- May v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Burnham v. Hardy Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Neal v. PickettTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926
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