Bruce v. Washington
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Brazoria. Tried below before Hon. Wm. H. Burkhart. This was an action of trespass to try title. The defendants cl aimed the land as within the lines of their purchase as run and marked at their purchase. The defendants entered into possession to the line as claimed by them in 1875, and have had it in actual possession, claiming it ever since. The suit was filed September 1, 1888. The defendants pleaded not guilty and statute of limitations.
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Error from Brazoria. Tried below before Hon. Wm. H. Burkhart. This was an action of trespass to try title. The defendants cl aimed the land as within the lines of their purchase as run and marked at their purchase. The defendants entered into possession to the line as claimed by them in 1875, and have had it in actual possession, claiming it ever since. The suit was filed September 1, 1888. The defendants pleaded not guilty and statute of limitations. The other facts are given in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHobby, Presiding Judge
The plaintiff in error Chas. D. Bruce "brought this suit for the recovery of the land in controversy, it being a part of the Wm. Babb league, against the defendants Geo. Washington, Wat Edwards, and King and Odo "Van.
The defendants pleaded not guilty, the statutes of three, five, and ten years limitation, and disclaimed as to all of the two hundred and eighteen acres tract sued for, except so much as was included within their inclosures and of which they have actual possession. •
At the June Term, 1890, a verdict and judgment were rendered for defendants for twenty-two acres of the land, which…
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