Dewees v. Nicholson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, La Salle County; J. F. Mullally, Judge. Action in trespass to try title by S. R. Walker and another against W. I. Nicholson and another, in which A. T. Galloway and another intervened.
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Appeal from District Court, La Salle County; J. F. Mullally, Judge. Action in trespass to try title by S. R. Walker and another against W. I. Nicholson and another, in which A. T. Galloway and another intervened. From a judgment for defendant O’Callaghan and the interveners for the land, that plaintiffs take nothing on their prayers against the named defendant, and that the vendor’s lien retained by the named defendant against the named plaintiff be canceled, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoursund, J.
This is an action in trespass to try title, instituted by S. R. Walker and O. S. Dewees, suing in their own right and for tlie use and benefit of tbe Nicholson Immigration Company, a private corporation, and as assignees of the same, seeking to recover 217 acres of land in La Salle county, described in the petition by metes and bounds. The suit was originally against W. I. Nicholson and E. E. O’Callaghan, but A. T. Galloway and A. J. Nichols intervened, each claiming a portion of said land, and in the amended petition plaintiffs sought to recover the land from all of said parties. In addition…
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