Connor v. Hawkins
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Morris. Tried below before the Hon. S. P. Pounders, Special District Judge. The only question on this appeal is as to the title of appellee to a piano given her by her father in March, 1880. She became of age in September, 1880. The piano was levied on in August, 1883, under an execution based upon a judgment for an indebtedness from the father of plaintiff then insolvent. The facts shown in the findings of the court upon the issue are as follows.
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Appeal from Morris. Tried below before the Hon. S. P. Pounders, Special District Judge. The only question on this appeal is as to the title of appellee to a piano given her by her father in March, 1880. She became of age in September, 1880. The piano was levied on in August, 1883, under an execution based upon a judgment for an indebtedness from the father of plaintiff then insolvent. The facts shown in the findings of the court upon the issue are as follows. They are supported by the testimony: . “E. R. Hawkins bought the piano in St. Louis in March, 1880, and shipped it to Dangerfield,…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, Associate Justice.
This is the third appeal in this case to this court. (64 Texas, 545; 66 Texas, 639.)
It is contended that to make out a defense under the statute of limitations in this case to bar the recovery of personal property, article 3207 Revised Statutes should be complied with. It provides: “Every action other than for the recovery of real estate, for which no limitation is otherwise prescribed, shall be brought within four years next after the right to bring the same shall have accrued, and not afterward.”
Sections 2 and 3, article 3203, Revised Statutes, do not differ from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Tinnen v. MebaneTexas Supreme Court · 1853
- Turner v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1854
- Conner v. HawkinsTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- Thomas v. GreerTexas Supreme Court · 1851
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