Hawley v. Bullock
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Jefferson. The case was tried before Hon. James M. Maxcy, one of the district judges. This was an action of trespass to try title and to remove clouds from title, brought by the appellee, James D. Bullock, against John Collier, the intestate of the appellant, George W. Hawley, in the district court of Jefferson county, the petition having been filed on the 16th September, 1857. The land sought to be recovered by this suit is the north half of a league originally…
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Appeal from Jefferson. The case was tried before Hon. James M. Maxcy, one of the district judges. This was an action of trespass to try title and to remove clouds from title, brought by the appellee, James D. Bullock, against John Collier, the intestate of the appellant, George W. Hawley, in the district court of Jefferson county, the petition having been filed on the 16th September, 1857. The land sought to be recovered by this suit is the north half of a league originally granted to James D. Bullock, less one hundred acres, situated on the west bank of the Hechos river, in Jefferson county.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Both parties claim the land in controversy from James W. Bullock, to whom it was granted in January, 1835. The plaintiff below claims by deed to him from the grantee, dated 15th July, 1857. And the defendant’s intestate, John Collier, claims under a deed executed by the grantee to David Brown, on the 8th day of May, 1835, (never duly registered,) and by mesne conveyances from him, duly registered, one in 1849 and one in 1850.
The plaintiff" claims by title subsequent to that of the defendant; and the main question in the case appears to be, whether the plaintiff" can hold, as a subsequent…
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