Legal Opinion

Houston Oil Co. v. Choate

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided June 15, 1921No. 235-3419PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Ninth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Houston Oil Company of Texas against Polly Choate and others, in which Mrs. P. D. McLoughlin and others filed a petition of intervention and brought a cross-action of trespass to try title. Erom a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (215 S. W. 118), affirming a judgment for the inter-veners, the plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtGallagher, J.

Plaintiff in error, Houston Oil Company of Texas, sued Polly Choate, Jno. W. Davis, and others, in the district court of Hardin county and alleged that it was the owner of the Uriah Davidson survey in said county, and that the defendants were trespassing thereon by cutting and removing timber, and prayed for the immediate issuance of a temporary injunction, and, on final hearing, for the perpetuation of such injunction and for damages. This suit was filed in 1009, and the temporary injunction prayed for was granted. No further action in the ease is shown until July, 1915, when defendants in…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Patty v. MiddletonTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Clark v. HillsTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Collum v. Sanger Bros.Texas Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Watkins v. EdwardsTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  5. Ramirez v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1900

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Strong v. StrongTexas Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Kirby Lumber Co. v. AdamsTexas Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Blum v. ElkinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
  4. Marshburn v. StewartCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
  5. Ostrom v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939

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