Stahlman v. Riordan

This suit was brought by the appellee, Riordan, in trespass to try title to recover a tract of land described by metes and bounds and claimed by him as the eastern part of survey No. 143, out of the San Elizario grant in El Paso county, according to the Wingo map of said Grant. Survey 144 of the San Elizario grant, situate east of and adjoining 143, is owned by appellant, Stahlman. In effect the suit was to fix the boundary line between the two surveys.

The undisputed evidence shows that the two surveys are part of a tier of surveys numbered from 129 to 145. These surveys were made by A. Q.…