Shumaker v. Byrd
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from McLennan County. Byrd sued Shumaker and others and recovered judgment. Defendants appealed and on affirmance (203 S. W., 461) obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hawkins
In this suit of trespass to try title the District Court instructed the jury, peremptorily, in favor of the plaintiff, Byrd, defendant in error here, and upon the verdict rendered judgment against defendants, plaintiffs in error here. That judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 203 S. W. Rep., 461.
That appellate court considered and overruled the contention there made by appellants, plaintiffs in error here, to the effect that said charge was erroneous, fundamentally, in that plaintiff’s petition alleged that he was in possession of the premises subsequent to the alleged date of…
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