Heirs of Shelby Corzine v. Williams
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Second District. This was an appeal from the District Court of Eastland County, in which a judgment was rendered that the plaintiffs take half the land in controversy and that the intervenors take the remaining half. The plaintiffs appealed. The statement and conclusions of facts made by the Court of Civil Appeals on the decision of the case follow.
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Second District. This was an appeal from the District Court of Eastland County, in which a judgment was rendered that the plaintiffs take half the land in controversy and that the intervenors take the remaining half. The plaintiffs appealed. The statement and conclusions of facts made by the Court of Civil Appeals on the decision of the case follow. “ The controversy in this case arises upon the admissibility and effect of the following instrument, read in evidence on the trial below: “ The State of Texas, County of Harrison.—Know all men by these presents,…
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
This is a writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals of the Second Supreme Judicial District, from a judgment • of that court reversing and rendering the judgment of the trial court.
The action was one of trespass to try title, and was brought by Edward Williams and others as plaintiffs against John T. Hardin and others as defendants. Elizabeth White and others intervened, claiming the land as -heirs of Shelby Corzine and Sarah Corzine. Upon the trial of the cause, -the defendants showed no title, and the court gave judgment for the plaintiffs for one undivided half…
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