Legal Opinion
Spivy v. March
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1912No. 2266PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Sixth District, in an appeal from Rusk County. Spivy sued March and others for the recovery of land and had judgment, which was reversed and rendered in favor of defendants on their appeal. Spivy then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
The case was submitted to the judge of the District Court, without a jury, who filed this statement of facts and entered judgment accordingly:
“This is a suit in trespass to try title by plaintiff against defendants for a tract of 209 acres of land, a part of the Jose Durst survey, situated in Rusk County, Texas.
“I find the land was duly conveyed from the State to Jose Durst and from Durst to Alexander Jordan. Prior to 1857 the land was partitioned between the heirs of Alexander Jordan, south half being given to the children and heirs and the north half to the widow, who had married Jack…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Belcher v. WeaverTexas Supreme Court · 1876
- Norton v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Masterson v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
3Cited by15 opinions
- Buvens v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 1929
- Hill v. FosterTexas Supreme Court · 1945
- Vanderwolk v. MatthaeiCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Buvens v. BrownTexas Commission of Appeals · 1927
- Hill v. FosterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
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