Legal Opinion

Connoly v. Hammond

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 23, 1882No. Case No. 1259PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Appeal from Bobertson. Tried below before the Hon. W. E. Wood. The opinion will be understood in connection with a former report in 51 Tex., 65.

1Opinion of the Court

Bonner, Associate Justice.

The title to this, the Eobert Moffitt league, and kindred titles to other lands, have been the source of much protracted litigation. By former decisions of this court, several of the disputed questions have been settled. Hough v. Hill, 47 Tex., 148; Connoly v. Hammond, 51 Tex., 635; Hammond v. Hough, 52 Tex., 65.

The following statement will aid in the proper understanding of this opinion. The suit is one of trespass to try title, instituted March 27, 1875, by the plaintiffs below, Hammond and Harnman, against the defendants in possession, James Connoly et al. A…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hudson v. WheelerTexas Supreme Court · 1871
  2. Connolly v. HammondTexas Supreme Court · 1879
  3. Henderson v. KissamTexas Supreme Court · 1852
  4. Hughes v. LaneTexas Supreme Court · 1860
  5. Hough v. HillTexas Supreme Court · 1877

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Cleveland v. WardTexas Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Ruebeck v. HuntTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. GayTexas Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Davis v. HoweTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  5. Flanagan v. PearsonTexas Supreme Court · 1884

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