Legal Opinion

Cox v. Garrow

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 18, 1913Published

1Opinion of the CourtHarper, C. J.

This suit was instituted by J. W. Garrow and others, heirs of John T. Brady, deceased, in form of trespass to try title to 1S.41 acres of land, against Frank Taylor, Dorothea Eggert, Emma Pruett, and J. Wade Cox.

Defendant Cox answered by plea of not guilty, general denial, an assertion of. title to the land described in plaintiff’s petition, pleaded ten years’ statute of limitation, and that if plaintiffs should recover the 18.41 acres sued for, or any part thereof, that he have judgment upon covenant of warranty in and from defendant Pruett to him.

Defendant Eggert pleaded general denial, not…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Rivers v. FooteTexas Supreme Court · 1854
  2. Winn v. GilmerTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Guess v. LubbockTexas Supreme Court · 1851

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