O'Connor v. Vineyard
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Aransas County. The suit was commenced hy S. C. and Anna Vineyard, as guardians of Lillian Vineyard, to recover the property in controversy from D. M. O’Connor, who appealed from a j udgment in plaintiffs’ favor and on its affirmance obtained writ of error. A former trial had resulted in a judgment for defendant, which, being affirmed on appeal, was reversed by the Supreme Court on writ of error.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Aransas County. The suit was commenced hy S. C. and Anna Vineyard, as guardians of Lillian Vineyard, to recover the property in controversy from D. M. O’Connor, who appealed from a j udgment in plaintiffs’ favor and on its affirmance obtained writ of error. A former trial had resulted in a judgment for defendant, which, being affirmed on appeal, was reversed by the Supreme Court on writ of error. Vineyard v. O’Connor, 90 Texas, 59. The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals upon the present appeal may be found in 48…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
S. C. Vineyard and his wife Anna W. Vineyard, as guardians of their minor daughter Lillian Vineyard, brought suit in an action of trespass to try title against D. M. O’Con-nor, to recover certain lands situated in the County of Aransas. O’Connor disclaimed as to a portion of the land sued for, and the controversy was over the title to 4214 acres which consisted of parts of several tracts described in the petition. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and appellees recovered 11/24 of the land in controversy. We make the following statements of the facts…
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