Blanton v. Ray
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Fannin. Tried below before the Hon. D. H. Scott. This was an action of trespass to try title, filed by appellants on October 27,1884. Defendants answered by disclaimer as to a portion of the land, plea of not guilty, etc. The cause was tried by the court on March 21, 1885, and judgment rendered in favor of defendants. Appellants claimed the land as the heirs of E. A. and Melinda J. Blanton.
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Appeal from Fannin. Tried below before the Hon. D. H. Scott. This was an action of trespass to try title, filed by appellants on October 27,1884. Defendants answered by disclaimer as to a portion of the land, plea of not guilty, etc. The cause was tried by the court on March 21, 1885, and judgment rendered in favor of defendants. Appellants claimed the land as the heirs of E. A. and Melinda J. Blanton. F. M. McGaughey testified that in 1873 Melinda J. Blanton and her husband, E. A. Blanton, (the ancestors of appellants) traded witness the land in controversy for land held by him in…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chibe Justice.
We can consider only the first and second-assignments of error, as the third is so general as to be in violation of the rules of this court.
The first assignment questions the ruling of the court admitting certain testimony of F. M. McGaughey over the objection of appellants.
The testimony was to the effect that E. A. and Melinda J. Blanton *62had made a deed to the witness and his wife for the land in controversy, and that this deed was properly authenticated by the officer taking the separate acknowledgment of the said Melinda J. Blanton, and that the deed was destroyed…
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