Smith v. Jones
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of First Supreme Judicial District. Action by Jesse H. Jones and others against W. I-I. Smith and others. There was a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals affirming a judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant W. H. Smith brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The plaintiff in error was one of the defendants in the district court, in this action brought by the defendants in error to recover a tract of 640 acres of land known as the “Stephen Williams survey.”' The questions arise out of facts on which W. H. Smith relied to sustain his claim to-160 acres under the 10 years’ statute of limitations.
The history of the possession is as follows:-1 Enoch Smith, the father of C. C. Smith and *470of plaintiff in error, in 1873 and 1874 lived on the Enoch Smith survey, which adjoins the Williams survey on the east, and his two sons, it seems, at that time lived…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Holland v. NanceTexas Supreme Court · 1908
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