Hanrick v. Cavanaugh
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Williamson. Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn. This was a suit of trespass to try title, in ordinary form, by appellant. Appellee defended on several pleas, by original and amended answer: 1. Demurrer. 2. General denial and not guilty. 3. Limitation under the three, five and ten years. 4. Boundary; and 5. Improvements in good faith.
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Appeal from Williamson. Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn. This was a suit of trespass to try title, in ordinary form, by appellant. Appellee defended on several pleas, by original and amended answer: 1. Demurrer. 2. General denial and not guilty. 3. Limitation under the three, five and ten years. 4. Boundary; and 5. Improvements in good faith. The assignments of error were as follows: 1. The court erred as set out in the several bills of exception, Uos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. 2. The court erred in refusing to grant a new trial, for the several reasons set out in the motion…
1Opinion of the Court
Hon. B. H. Bassett, Special Judge.1
This is a suit of trespass to try title brought by the appellant Hanrick against the appellee Cavanaugh. The cause was tried by a jury and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appeals. The plaintiff claims title by mesne conveyance under a concession for eleven leagues of land, embracing the premises in controversy, granted by the government of Coahuila and Texas, the final title to which was extended on the 22d of October, 1833. Only one hundred and sixty acres are involved in this controversy, which the defendant…
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