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Murphy v. Carter

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont
Feb 16, 1939
125 S.W.2d 384 (Tex. Civ. App. 1939)

Opinion

No. 3395.

February 16, 1939.

Error from Special District Court, Polk County; E.T. Murphy, Judge.

Suit by E. W. Murphy and wife against Winston Carter and others in the nature of a suit in trespass to try title to land. To review a judgment for the defendants the plaintiffs bring error.

Judgment affirmed.

R.F. Roberts, of Beaumont, for plaintiffs in error.

Baker, Botts, Andrews Wharton, of Houston, and M.M. Feagin, of Livingston, for defendants in error.


This suit was brought by plaintiffs in error in the nature of a suit in trespass to try title to certain land in Polk County, Texas, against defendants in error. The case was tried to the court without a jury, and judgment was for defendants in error, and this appeal is from that judgment.

The case is before us without a statement of facts, or findings of fact by the court, or bills of exception. In this state of the record we can look only for fundamental error. The court having jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter, and the pleadings being such as to warrant the judgment rendered, we must presume that the judgment is correct. De Garcia v. San Antonio A. P. Ry. Co., Tex. Civ. App. 77 S.W. 275, 277, writ refused; Chickasha Milling Co. v. Crutcher, Tex. Civ. App. 141 S.W. 355; McDowell v. Fowler, 80 Tex. 587, 16 S.W. 431; 3 Tex.Jur. p. 459, Sec. 325; Id. p. 529, Sec. 373.

The judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

Murphy v. Carter

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont
Feb 16, 1939
125 S.W.2d 384 (Tex. Civ. App. 1939)
Case details for

Murphy v. Carter

Case Details

Full title:MURPHY et ux. v. CARTER et al

Court:Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont

Date published: Feb 16, 1939

Citations

125 S.W.2d 384 (Tex. Civ. App. 1939)

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