Satterwhite v. Rosser
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Houston. Tried below before the Hon. John R. Kennard. The fact, stated in the opinion, that the charges given, and those refused, to which exceptions were taken, cover about thirty pages of the record, precludes their insertion, nor, in view of the opinion, which announces principles by which their correctness was to be tested, is it deemed necessary.
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Appeal from Houston. Tried below before the Hon. John R. Kennard. The fact, stated in the opinion, that the charges given, and those refused, to which exceptions were taken, cover about thirty pages of the record, precludes their insertion, nor, in view of the opinion, which announces principles by which their correctness was to be tested, is it deemed necessary. The original pleadings seem to have been lost, and there is nothing in the record to determine when the original petition was filed. The first pleading found in it" is the plaintiffs’ first supplemental petition, filed September 20,…
1Opinion of the Court
West, Associate Justice.—
Under the facts adduced in evidence, the district court did not commit any serious error in refusing to give the instruction asked by the appellants in reference to the title or interest disclosed in F. H. Bayne, one of the appellees, or in relation to the running of the statute of limitations as against him.
The facts disclosed, and the jury so found by their verdict, that Bayne had, as a matter of fact, a joint interest in. the land sued for with Mrs. Rosser, before the suit was filed.
In our practice there is no distinction whatever made between legal and equitable…
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