Morris v. Hastings

Maltbie, Presiding Judge.

This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by the appellant, Emanuel Morris, against C. B. Hastings and his wife, Gumecinda P., to recover a house -and three lots upon which it was situated. On the seventeenth of March, 1883, Morris recovered a judgment against C. B. Hastings, upon which execution was issued, and the property in controversy levied upon and sold by the sheriff of Starr county, and purchased by Morris, the amount of his bid at the sale being credited on the execution. C. B. Hastings and wife were married in the year 1871, and lived together…