Woods v. Hull
Texas Supreme Court
Application for writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Wise County. Woods et al. commenced the suit and recovered judgment below, from which the defendants Hull et al. appealed and had judgment reversed and rendered in their favor. Appellees then made petition for writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
The applicants for the writ of error in this case were plaintiffs in the District Court, and sought to recover the strip of land in controversy by virtue of the statute of limitations of five years. They recovered a judgment, but it was reversed by the Court •of Civil Appeals, and a judgment was rendered for the defendants. The latter court held, that the plaintiffs had failed to show either a continuous possession for five years or the payment of taxes upon the land in •controversy. We think their holding upon the .first point correct, and that therefore the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Anderson v. JacksonTexas Supreme Court · 1887
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