Legal Opinion
City of Brownsville v. West
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 19, 1941No. 10921PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAY, Justice.
This suit was instituted by Wm. S. West and Margaret West Goodrich, joined by her husband, E.' K. Goodrich, Jr., aghinst the City of Brownsville, a municipal corporation, and the Brownsville Land and Improvement Company, a private corporation, seeking in a trespass to try title suit the recovery of 4.1 acres of land lying and being situated within the city limits of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas.
The common source o.f title was the Brownsville Land and Improvement Company. The plaintiffs contended that they had acquired this land by warranty deed from the common source,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Sanders v. Village of RiversideCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1902
- Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. City of Eagle PassTexas Commission of Appeals · 1924
- Hanford v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1916
- Town of Hooker v. MorrisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
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