Texas Land Co. v. Williams
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Leon. Tried below before the Hon. John B. Rector. The Texas Land Company, an incorporated company under the laws of Texas, with power to buy, hold, and sell lands, brought this suit October 6, 1874, in the District Court of Leon county, against Fletcher Williams, to recover possession of the Grande eleven leagues of land situated in Robertson and Leon counties, setting out the boundaries of the eleven leagues and claiming title to and possession of the same.
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Appeal from Leon. Tried below before the Hon. John B. Rector. The Texas Land Company, an incorporated company under the laws of Texas, with power to buy, hold, and sell lands, brought this suit October 6, 1874, in the District Court of Leon county, against Fletcher Williams, to recover possession of the Grande eleven leagues of land situated in Robertson and Leon counties, setting out the boundaries of the eleven leagues and claiming title to and possession of the same. It- is alleged that on February 27, 1872, defendant entered and dispossessed plaintiff. The petition is in the usual form or…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Chiee Justice.
The first ground for which it is insisted this judgment should be reversed, is alleged error of the court “ in excluding from the jury the deed from James Fortune to Aslibel Smith as an instrument not properly authenticated for record.” It would be inferred from this assignment that appellant offered in evidence a deed such as he describes; but, in point of fact, there was no such deed offered in evidence or excluded by the court. The instrument excluded, and to which this assignment refers, was, if the transcript is correct, an uncertified copy of an instrument…
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