Rivers v. Foote
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Colorado. Action of trespass to try title by the plaintiff in error, R. J. Rivers, against the defendants in error, R. H. Foote and J. M. Hunter.
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Error from Colorado. Action of trespass to try title by the plaintiff in error, R. J. Rivers, against the defendants in error, R. H. Foote and J. M. Hunter. The defendants pleaded a general denial; not guilty; and specially, that the defendant R. H. Foote and one Frederick Foote “ are the legal, joint own- “ ers of the said premises, by title duly recorded in the Record- “ er’s office of Colorado county; that said Frederick Foote and “ himself (R. H. Foote) have had the possession of said pre- “ mises since the 10th of August, 1824, under title and color “ of title duly recorded, and have…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The errors assigned, which it is material to notice, relate to the ruling of the Court in excluding evidence offered by t^e plaintiff. This was, 1st. The petition of Cochrane, addressed to the Commissioner, Peebles, on the 10th of February, 1836, denouncing the land in question as vacant, b.y reason of the abandonment of the country by the former owner, Stafford, under whom the defendants claim ; and the action of the Commissioner, adjudging the land vacant, and, afterwards, on the 21st .of the same month, regranting it to the petitioner, .Cochrane.
2pd. The depositions .of witnesses, offered…
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