Summers v. Davis
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Burleson. Tried below before the Hon. Spencer Ford, appointed special judge to try the case. John Summers, as plaintiff below, claiming one undivided half of a league and labor of land in Burleson county, patented to T. J. Hall on the 21st of September, 1863, brought this suit, on the 4th of February, 1874, against the defendant Magoffin, who owned the other undivided half of the land, and against B. H. Davis and the other named defendants, who occupied the'…
Read the full summary
Appeal from Burleson. Tried below before the Hon. Spencer Ford, appointed special judge to try the case. John Summers, as plaintiff below, claiming one undivided half of a league and labor of land in Burleson county, patented to T. J. Hall on the 21st of September, 1863, brought this suit, on the 4th of February, 1874, against the defendant Magoffin, who owned the other undivided half of the land, and against B. H. Davis and the other named defendants, who occupied the' premises and claimed the same adversely to plaintiff and to the defendant Magoffin. The metes and bounds of the land were…
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
The plaintiff, John Summers, brought his action of trespass to try title for a league of land, claiming under a patent to Thomas J. Hall, issued in 1863. The defendants claim under a grant of the same league of land to Bluford Brooks, as a colonist of Austin’s colony, of date August 10, 1824. Shortly after receiving the grant, Brooks settled upon and cultivated said league; and on September 10,1825, whilst so in possession, and still a citizen of Coahuila and Texas, sold and conveyed it by valid deed of conveyance to John Spear; and said John Spear, on the said • 10th…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Johnston v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1858
- Portis v. HillTexas Supreme Court · 1855
- Jones v. GarzaTexas Supreme Court · 1853
- Marsh v. WeirTexas Supreme Court · 1858
- Jenkins v. ChambersTexas Supreme Court · 1852
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by14 opinions
- Day Land & Cattle Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Westrope v. ChambersTexas Supreme Court · 1879
- Winsor v. O'ConnorTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Texas-Mexican Railway Co. v. LockeTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Foster v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.