Humphreys v. Green
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Liberty County; D. E. Singleton, Judge. Trespass to try title by William Green against Geraldine Humphreys and another in which D. D. Green, as only child and sole devisee of William Green, was substituted as plaintiff after the death of the original plaintiff. Judgment for the plaintiff on directed verdict, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHightower, C. J.
This was an action of trespass to try title brought by William Green against Mrs. Geraldine Humphreys and her husband, in which the plaintiff sought to recover 100 acres of land off of the wgst end of survey or tract No. 4 out of the Richard Green league in Liberty county. The league was granted to Richard Green by the Republic of Texas in 1846, and after his death, which occurred prior to 1860, the league was partitioned by a judgment of the district court of Liberty county among Richard Green’s several heirs. There were seven of these heirs, among them being a son, B. M. Green. The…
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