Sanger Bros. v. Thos. Trammell & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Howard. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. Kennedy. This was an action of trespass to try title, brought in the district court of Howard county, September 25, 1885, by appellees against appellant for lot eight, block five, in the town of Big Springs. The opinion states the necessary facts.
1Opinion of the CourtWillie, Chief Justice
Our Revised Statutes provide that “in order to make a levy on real estate it shall not be necessary for the officer to go upon the ground, but it shall be sufficient for him to indorse such levy upon the writ ” Art. 2291. This is but declaratory of what the law was previous to their adoption under the decisions of this court. Hancock v. Henderson, 45 Tex., 479; Cavanaugh v. Peterson, 47 Tex., 197. Meither the statutes nor the decisions of this *362state have recognized any other method except this of making a levy upon land; and without some statutory provision the mode adopted in Texas seems to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hancock v. HendersonTexas Supreme Court · 1876
- Cavanaugh v. PetersonTexas Supreme Court · 1877
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