Legal Opinion

Fitzhugh v. Johnson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 12, 1910Published

Appeal from the District Court of Ector County. Tried helow before Hon. S. J. Isaacks.

1Opinion of the Court

SPEER, Associate Justice.

This is a school land case, in which Mrs. M. T. Johnson seeks to recover four sections of land from D. K. Fitzhugh. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff the defendant has appealed.

The cause was submitted on special issues, the answers to which establish the fact that appellee and certain of her predecessors in title were bona fide settlers on, and continued to occupy in good faith, the land in controversy.

Appellant’s assignment that the court, erred in refusing' to instruct the jury to return a verdict in his favor raises the only question for our determination, for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. BibbCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
  2. D.K. Fitzhugh v. M.T. JohnsonTexas Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Buchanan v. BarnsleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
  4. Hamilton v. GouldyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907

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