Silliman v. Oliver
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Val Verde County; Joseph Jones, Judge. Action by W. B. Silliman against Walter Oliver and others. From an adverse judgment, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
W. B. Silliman, plaintiff below and appellant here, brought this action originally against J. S. Pelt to recover title to and possession of an undivided one-half of 17,712 acres of land in Val Verde county, and for partition. Pelt impleaded Walter Oliver upon the latter's warranty. In response to a peremptory instruction, there was a jury verdict against Silliman, and from a judgment appropriate to the verdict Silliman has appealed.
The legal title to the land was acquired by Oliver in a foreclosure proceeding by the payment of $8,200, procured from a bank for that purpose upon the joint note…
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- McClendon v. BrockettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
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