Word v. Houston Oil Co. of Texas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tyler County; W. B. Powell, Judge. Action by T. S. Word against the Houston Oil Company of Texas and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.
This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by the appellant against the appellee Houston Oil Company, to recover title and possession of a leagne of land in Tyler county, granted by the state of Coahuila and Texas to Norman Hurd. The appellee Maryland Trust Company, which holds a mortgage upon the land,, was made a party defendant. Robert W. Shaw and wife, Ella E. Shaw, were im-pleaded as warrantors by the defendant Houston Oil Company.
In its answer, the defendant Houston Oil Company specially pleads title under Norman Hurd through a deed from said original-grantee to James G. Hurd,-…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Rice v. St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1894
- Howard v. MastersonTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Moser & Son v. Charles E. Tucker & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1894
- Hendricks v. HuffmeyerTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Evans v. FosterTexas Supreme Court · 1890
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- Federal Land Bank of Houston v. BrooksTexas Commission of Appeals · 1940
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