Estes v. Browning
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Washington. Suit brought April 22nd, .1850, by Estes against W. A. Browning, for the recovery of four hundred dollars for the use and occupation of a tract of land, from the 28th of May, 1847, to the 1st of January, 1850. Brown" ing answered, that the land was held jointly by himself and Asa M. Lewis, as administrators of Nathan P. Browning, deceased, and prayed that Lewis might be admitted as a co-defendant ; and thereupon Lewis and Browning answered jointly.
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Appeal from Washington. Suit brought April 22nd, .1850, by Estes against W. A. Browning, for the recovery of four hundred dollars for the use and occupation of a tract of land, from the 28th of May, 1847, to the 1st of January, 1850. Brown" ing answered, that the land was held jointly by himself and Asa M. Lewis, as administrators of Nathan P. Browning, deceased, and prayed that Lewis might be admitted as a co-defendant ; and thereupon Lewis and Browning answered jointly. The facts were, that in 1839, Estes contracted to sell to N. P. Browning the land for the use and occupation of which this…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
This is a suit, by James D. Estes against Wm. A..Browning, to recover rent for the use and occupation of a tract of land. Asa M. Lewis prayed to be made a party defendant; and he, with Browning, answers that they took possession of the land, as administrator of U. P. Browning, deceased. They then made various allegations, relative to the acts of the plaintiff and of the deceased, in and about the purchase of the said land from the plaintiff; and the plaintiff avers several matters by way of replecation to these allegations.
But the history of this transaction can be ascertained…
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