Blunt v. Houston Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tyler County; W. B. Powell, Judge. Action by John W. Blunt and others against the Houston Oil Company and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
In this case John W. Blunt and others sue in trespass to try title to recover a league of land granted to James Blunt by the government of Coahuila and Texas, March 20, 1835, and damages for cutting timber. Plaintiffs allege that they are all of the known surviving heirs of the original grantee. The defendants to this suit are the Houston Oil Company, the Kirby Lumber Company, Thompson Bros. Lumber Company, John H. Kirby, and J. R. Chapman. The Houston Oil Company, in addition to general demurrer, pleaded not guilty, and specially pleaded the statutes of limitation of three, five, and ten…
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