Broom v. Pearson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Busk County. Broom and others sued Pearson for the recovery of land. Defendants had judgment which .was affirmed on appeal by plaintiffs, who thereupon procured writ of error from the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiffs in error brought this action to recover of the defendant 200 acres of land which is a part of the west half of the Francis Hamilton survey of 600 acres in Rusk County, or such portion thereof as the evidence might show them entitled to. Judgment upon a special verdict was rendered for the defendant in the District Court and was affirmed in the Court of Civil Appeals, the latter court holding that the undisputed evidence showed that such title as the plaintiffs had once had to the land was barred by limitation. The facts are as follows: The parties agreed that Francis Hamilton…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- W. T. Carter & Brother v. RuthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
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- Stringer v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
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