Gillaspie v. City of Huntsville
Decision Date | 22 November 1912 |
Citation | 151 S.W. 1114 |
Parties | GILLASPIE v. CITY OF HUNTSVILLE. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Walker County; S. W. Dean, Judge.
Trespass to try title by the City of Huntsville against W. O. B. Gillaspie. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.
W. O. B. Gillaspie, of Huntsville, in pro. per. Dean, Humphrey & Powell, of Huntsville, for appellee.
This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by the city of Huntsville against W. O. B. Gillaspie, to recover the title and possession of certain premises alleged to be a portion of a public street in said city. The defendant was duly served with citation, but, on the appearance day of the next succeeding term of the court, failed to file any answer to the merits, but did file a pleading alleging that the premises in controversy constituted a part of the homestead of himself and his wife, Orine Wynne Gillaspie, and praying that she be made a party defendant. On the call of the appearance docket judgment by default was rendered in favor of plaintiff and against defendant for the land in controversy. On the day following the defendant filed a motion to vacate the default judgment, and at the same time filed his answer setting up many matters of defense to plaintiff's suit. To the motion of appellant to vacate the appellee filed a contest. Upon the issues thus joined the court heard evidence, and upon its conclusion overruled appellant's motion to set aside the judgment by default, on the ground that appellant had not shown a good excuse for his failure to file an answer to the merits in time, and on the further ground that the evidence introduced by appellant did not show that he had a meritorious defense to the suit. From the judgment overruling the motion to set aside the judgment by default appellant has duly prosecuted this appeal.
Upon request of the appellant the trial judge filed his findings of fact, which are as follows:
These findings appear to be amply sustained by the facts appearing in the record.
Appellant by his first assignment of error complains that the court erred in rendering judgment against him by default because the defendant then had a plea before the court requesting that Mrs. Gillaspie be made a party defendant, and that the judgment by default should not have been rendered without first considering and acting upon this plea. Appellant contends under this assignment that "a plea to make additional parties is an appearance in the suit, and a judgment by default will not lie until such plea has been disposed of."
The contention of appellant that his plea to make additional parties had been filed...
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