Surghenor v. Ranger
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Texas.
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.
This was the Texas action of trespass to try title. It involved the title to the league of land described in the pleadings. It was brought by John W. Surghenor et al., plaintiffs in error, versus Solomoii Ranger et ah, defendants in error. The parties, by stipulation, agreed that the questions of fact and law be tried by the court without a jury. “The court having heard the pleadings, * * * and all the evidence of the respective parties having been introduced, documentary and written, as well as parol, and the evidence having been concluded, on this, the 31st day of…
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- Manchaca v. FieldTexas Supreme Court · 1884
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