Watkins v. Smith
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Hopkins County. Watkins brought suit against E. M. and W. E. Smith. The defendants had judgment which was affirmed on his appeal, and he then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendants in error. It was tried without a jury, and judgment was rendered for the defendants. An appeal having been taken from the judgment and it having been affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals, the plaintiff has brought the case to this court.
The petition is' in the statutory form of an action of trespass to try title, to which there was a plea of not guilty and a claim for improvements in good faith. The plaintiff also filed a pleading entitled a supplemental petition, in…
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