Legal Opinion

Durham v. Luce

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 24, 1911PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Trinity County; W. S. Dean, Judge. Action by T. L. Luce and wife against D. S. Durham and others, in which defendants filed a cross-bill. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.

This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by appellees against the appellants, D. S. Durham, the Eastern Texas Railroad Company, and the Texas Southeastern Railroad Company, to recover a tract of 27% acres of land, a part of the Juan Jose de los Reyes league, in Trinity county.

The defendants answered by filing general exceptions to plaintiffs’ petition, general denials, and pleas of not guilty, and, in addition, among other things, the defendant D. S. Durham pleaded that the tract of land involved in this suit, together with an adjoining tract of 80% acres, was sold and conveyed by…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Stallings v. HullumTexas Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Marler v. HandyTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Goff v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Isaacks v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
  5. Herndon v. ReedTexas Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Gulf Production Co. v. Continental Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1939
  2. McEntire v. ThomasonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  3. Murphy v. BensonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  4. Hill v. McIntyre Drilling Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1933
  5. Thomas v. CreagerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937

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