Carothers & Searight v. Alexander
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before Hon. G. H. Hoonan. December 31, 1883, R. F. Alexander, asserting title to an undivided five-twelfths of an eleven-league grant in Kinney County, in the name of Doña Dolores Soto de Beales, less certain tracts described and specially excepted, sued W. S. Carothers and G. A. Searight, under their firm name of Carothers & Searight, in the District Court of Kinney County, in an action of trespass to try title, and sought thereby a judgment…
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Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before Hon. G. H. Hoonan. December 31, 1883, R. F. Alexander, asserting title to an undivided five-twelfths of an eleven-league grant in Kinney County, in the name of Doña Dolores Soto de Beales, less certain tracts described and specially excepted, sued W. S. Carothers and G. A. Searight, under their firm name of Carothers & Searight, in the District Court of Kinney County, in an action of trespass to try title, and sought thereby a judgment for the recovery of said five-twelfths and a decree of partition as between him and the defendants, who are alleged to be…
1Opinion of the Court
Henry, Associate Justice.
This was an action of trespass to try title and for partition, brought by appellee to recover an undivided five-twelfths of an eleven league grant in Kinney County, in the name of Doña Dolores Soto de Beales, less certain tracts described and specially excepted.
The defendants are alleged to be the owners of the remaining seven-twelfths.
The defendants pleaded “not guilty,” stale demand, and the statute of limitations of ten years.
Judgment for plaintiff was rendered on the verdict of a jury.
On the 30th day of May, 1867, John Charles Beales and his wife Dolores Soto de…
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