Case Name: JACKSON et al. v. DALTEX CATTLE CO.
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-04-06
Citations: 294 S.W. 264
Docket Number: No. 2859
Parties: JACKSON et al. v. DALTEX CATTLE CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 294
Pages: 264–265

Head Matter:
JACKSON et al. v. DALTEX CATTLE CO.
(No. 2859.)
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Amarillo.
April 6, 1927.
Rehearing Denied May 4, 1927.
Will S. Payne, of Dallas, for appellants.
Bryan, Stone, Wade & Agerton, of Fort Worth, and Jno. P. Slaton, of Hereford, for appellee.

Opinion:
JACKSON, J.
The D'altex Cattle Company, a corporation, the appellee in this proceeding, on February 10, 1927, presented to the Honorable Reese Tatum, judge of the Sixty-Ninth judicial district of Texas, its petition and application, praying that a temporary writ of injunction be issued against O. B. Jackson, H. M. Jackson,'Pearl S. Jackson, Fred Jackson, Oren Jackson, Ones Jackson, and Will S. Payne, and e^ch of them, restraining them from claiming title to or ownership or interest in the land described in ap-pellee's petition, from slandering appellee's title to said lands, from going upon, trespassing upon, or causing others to go upon or trespass upon said lands, and from in any way interfering with appellee's possession, and from renting, leasing, or contesting ap-pellee's title thereto.
Appellee alleges that it is the owner of the land fully described in its petition, sets out its title thereto, and the facts which are pleaded and duly verified, if true, show that appellee has title by proper conveyances, and, in addition thereto, title by judgments ren-, dered- in courts of competent jurisdictions, divesting all title out of appellants, and each of them; that, notwithstanding these facts, the appellants ate trespassing upon the premises, interfering with appellee's possession, preventing its leasing or sale of the property by slandering the title, which is causing ap-pellee irreparable injury, and for which it has no adequate remedy at law.
On the presentation of appellee's petition to the district judge on February 10, 1927, a hearing was ordered for February 18, 1927, at Dalhart, Tex., and that the appellants be served with a copy of his order as notice of such hearing. Each of the appellants .were delivered a copy of said order, and on February IS, 1927, in accordance with said order, a hearing was had at Dalhart, Tex., in chambers, at which hearing the appellants H. M. Jackson, Pearl S. Jackson, Ones Jackson, and Will S. Payne appeared in person and filed an instrument, the contents of which amounted to a general demurrer to the form and character of the notice served upon each of the appellants. The pleading of the above-named appellants did not even contain a general denial, much less a verified denial, of the equities in appellee's bill. On the hearing, no testimony was offered by appellants, by affidavit or otherwise, controverting appellee's verified petition, and the court issued its order restraining appellants as prayed for by appellee until the further order of the court to be made at its regular term in Deaf Smith county, Tex., at the courthouse, on the 2d day of May, 1927, at which time it would be determined whether or not the injunction would be made permanent.
Appellee's petition was good against a general demurrer, and, appellants having failed to in any way contest the equities of appel-lee's bill, the judgment of the court will be affirmed.