Legal Opinion
Haring v. Shelton
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1909No. 1968PublishedCited by 52 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District in an appeal from Houston County. Shelton and others sued Haring and another for the recovery of land, and had judgment which was affirmed on appeal by defendants, who thereupon obtained a writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
From the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals we copy the following statement of the ease:
“In this case J. W. Shelton, et al., sue J. G. Haring in trespass to try title to recover a tract of land. The First national Bank of Crockett intervened setting up that it had acquired Haring’s title. Hpon trial without a jury the plaintiffs had judgment for an undivided four-ninths of the land sued for and from the judgment defendants appeal.
“Conclusions- of fact and law by the court were filed. The case turned upon the validity of a deed to Haring by C. C. Shelton, surviving widow, in her own right…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Laval v. StaffelTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Roberts v. ConnelleeTexas Supreme Court · 1888
3Cited by52 opinions
- Darragh v. BarmoreTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Frame v. WhitakerTexas Supreme Court · 1931
- Bergin v. BerginTexas Supreme Court · 1958
- Anderson v. MenefeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Jackson v. TemplinTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
47 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.