Legal Opinion

Hess v. Webb

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 8, 1909No. 1989PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Fayette County. Mrs. Hess appealed from a judgment recovered by Webb and others and obtained writ of error from a judgment reforming and affirming in part and in part reversing and remanding the judgment of the trial court.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines

This suit was brought by Webb and others, defendants in error, to recover of Mrs. Hess, plaintiff in error, eight-ninths of 73.4 acres of land. The defendant pleaded not guilty and the statutes of limitation of three, five and ten years. The judgment being against Mrs. Hess, she alone appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, by whom the judgment was affirmed.

The first specification of error in the application for the writ of error is that “the said Court of Civil Appeals erred in its opinion on appellee’s motion for rehearing in holding that the judgment of the trial court, in so far as it…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Bailey v. MorganTexas Supreme Court · 1855

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Bruni v. VidaurriTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Hicks v. Southwestern Settlement & Development Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1945
  3. Zarate v. VillarealCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  4. Duncanson v. HowellTexas Commission of Appeals · 1920
  5. Bryan v. BryanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953

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