McManus v. Chollar
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District .of .Texas.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
This is a writ of error from the Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Texas. The case with relation, to which the plaintiffs in error esteem themselves aggrieved is an action of trespass to try title to land. It was brought by Mary R. Chollar against William P. T. McManus and others. Verdict wás directed against the plaintiffs in error, and from this and from certain rulings of the court the writ of error was granted.
The land sued for lies in the county of Hardin, state of Texas, and contains 420 acres. This is described in the plaintiff’s petition as “all of that…
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