Davis v. Agnew
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Hunt. Tried below before the Hon. J. A. B. Putman. This was an action of trespass to try title. Suit was filed December 10, 1884, by E. L. Agnew against John T. Davis and Andrew Sproul, as members of the firm of Samuel 0. Davis & Go., of St. Louis, Mo., and T. H. King, of Hunt county, Texas, to recover one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hunt county, the south half of the S. K. Woodson survey of three hundred and twenty acres.
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Appeal from Hunt. Tried below before the Hon. J. A. B. Putman. This was an action of trespass to try title. Suit was filed December 10, 1884, by E. L. Agnew against John T. Davis and Andrew Sproul, as members of the firm of Samuel 0. Davis & Go., of St. Louis, Mo., and T. H. King, of Hunt county, Texas, to recover one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hunt county, the south half of the S. K. Woodson survey of three hundred and twenty acres. Defendant King pleaded tenancy under his co-defendants and disclaimed. Defendants Davis and Sproul pleaded general denial, not guilty, and innocent…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The appellee shows title to the land described in his petition by regular chain of transfer from *208the original grantee to himself, and was entitled to recover, unless the appellants have shown, as they claim, that they are purchasers from one of the heirs of the original grantee, under such circumstances as entitle them to hold against the unrecorded deeds under which the appellee claims.
Under the facts shown, the appellants can not hold any part of the land through the deed made by Ephraim Woodson, one of the heirs of the original grantee, for whatever title passed…
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