Texas Supreme Court May 27, 1884, Case No. 4965 (Adams & Wicks v. House)

West, Associate Justice.—

Under previous decisions of this court, in cases where the defense of outstanding title was set up, it must, in this case, be held that, under the facts disclosed in evidence, properly admitted, too, under the plea of not guilty, the appellants showed a valid outstanding title superior to the appellees to the locus in quo existing in Victor Considerant, derived from the