Torts · MBE-tested
PORTER et al. v. MAYFIELD
69 F. 67·United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit·1895
Before PARDEE and McOORMIOK, Circuit Judges, and BRUCE, District Judge.
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Opinion
PORTER et al. v. MAYFIELD.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 25, 1895.)
No. 359.
In Error to tlie Circuit Court of tlie United States for tlie Western District of Texas.
This was an action of trespass to try title under the Texas statute of July 12, 1891, and was brought by Theopliilus Porter, Nancy A. Porter, and Cornelia Porter, citizens of Michigan, against Charles H. Mayfield, Henry Hoecke, W. P. Finley, George C. Slioaf, and Mrs. F. R. Noble. Additional parties were brought in as defendants by amendment. At the trial the circuit court directed a verdict for defendants, and judgment was entered accordingly. The plaintiffs bring error.
J. A. Buckler, for plaintiffs in error.
Wm. Aubrey, for defendant in error.
Before PARDEE and McOORMIOK, Circuit Judges, and BRUCE, District Judge.
[MAJORITY — PER CURIAM.]
PER CURIAM.
The majority of the judges being of opinion tliat the record shows no reversible error, the judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.