Patten v. Cunningham & Ellis
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Walker. Tried below before the Hon. John R. Kennard. The suit was brought in trespass to try title by Patten. Many questions were raised and discussed, but notice of them is omitted in view of the opinion, which states all that is important to be understood. The briefs of counsel were able and exhaustive on points not decided.
1Opinion of the Court
Delany, J. Com. App.
It will not be necessary for us to follow the assignments of error in detail,but we will state in a more general way our decision and the grounds upon which it is based. Both parties claim under sales made by the sheriff of Walker county. Appellant, who was plaintiff below, claims under a sale made on June 4, 1878. The judgment under which this sale was made was rendered in Galveston county on June 11, 1875, in favor of one Griffin against the firm of Ward, Dewey & Co., composed of A. J. Ward, E. C. Dewey and Hathan Patten, the father of appellant.! In the suit of Griffin…
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