Murphy v. Luttrell
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from.the District Court of Bowie County. Tried below before Hon. P. A. Turner.
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Associate Justice.
This is a suit in trespass to try title, instituted by the 'appellees against the appellants to recover a tract of land situated in Bowie County. The appellees claim as the heirs and purchasers from the heirs of William McDonald, who was the owner of a lieadright certificate authorizing him to locate and survey a league and labor of land, issued in 1838. They rely for title upon a location and survey made upon the land sued for by virtue of an unlocated balance of this lieadright certificate. McDonald died sometime about 1849, but prior to his death transferred a…
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