Thompson v. Dutton
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in appeal from McCulloch County. Dutton sued Thompson in trespass to try title, and recovered judgment. Thompson appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
was an action of trespass to try title, and was originally brought by the defendant in error to recover three quarter sections of land. There were several defendants in the original petition; but the plaintiff was not there made a party. However, by an amended petition filed December 12, 1887, he was made a defendant. The plaintiff filed her fourth amended original petition December 10, 1889, in which she dismissed as to all the defendants except Oscar Thompson (the plaintiff in error) and restripted her suit to a recovery of one quarter section only. The defendant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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