Legal Opinion

Smith v. Hughes

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 17, 1905PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the District Court of Eastland. Tried below before Hon. J. H. Calhoun.

1Opinion of the Court

SPEER, Associate Justice.

This was an action of trespass to try

title, instituted by appellant Smith, to recover from appellee, Charles Hughes, the south one-half of school section 96, Houston & T. C. Railroad Company’s land, situated in Eastland County. The parties waiving the trial by jury, the district judge entered a judgment in favor of the defendant in the action.

Our conclusions of fact, so far as pertinent to the issues presented, will be found under the appropriate assignments.

We can not consider the first assignment of error, relating to the action of the court in overruling…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. BowlesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
  2. Harrison v. CottonTexas Supreme Court · 1860
  3. Scalfi v. GravesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Harris v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925

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