Ball v. McDuffie

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas
Ball v. McDuffie, 212 S.W. 844 (1919)
1919 Tex. App. LEXIS 763
Willson

Ball v. McDuffie

Opinion of the Court

WILLSON, C. J.

The Suit was by appellant to establish the boundary line between land he claimed to own on the John Ball survey in Bowie county and land appellees owned on said survey. After hearing the testimony the trial court instructed the jury to find in favor of appellees, and, the jury having so found, rendered judgment in their favor.

[1, 2] The complaint here is that the trial court erred: First, in excluding as evidence an abstract from records of Bowie county (shown to have been destroyed by fire) of a deed from D. Morris, administrator of John BaR, to Rice, Mason, and Tarrant, under whom appellant claimed; and second, in peremptorily instructing the jury as he did.

As we view the record it is not necessary, in disposing of the appeal, to determine whether the trial court erred when he excluded the abstract; for, had he admitted it, and had it been sufficient, when considered in connection with other evidence, to show title in appellant to land on the Ball survey, the court nevertheless should have instructed the jury as he did. The burden was on 'appellant to prove, not only that he had title to the land he claimed, but also that the boundary line thereof in question between him and appellees was where he claimed it to be on the ground. Appellant has not referred us to any evidence in the record, and we have not found any therein, which would have enabled the jury, had the case been submitted to them, to say where said land was located.

The judgment is affirmed.

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Full Case Name
BALL v. McDUFFIE Et Al.
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