State of Texas v. Travis County
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in case on appeal from Travis County. Tried below before Hon. James H. Robertson. The opinion contains a full statement of the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Associate Justice.
This case is before us on a writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals of the Third Supreme Judicial District, sued out by the appellant.
The county of Travis brought suit in the District Court against L. M. Crooker, as surviving partner of Christian & Crooker, and Matilda Christian, as the surviving wife of the said Christian, to recover $1500, claimed to be due by contract for the rent of a certain block of land in the city of Austin.
The State of Texas intervened in the suit, by petition in the nature of an action of trespass to try title, alleging ownership of the…
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