W. T. Carter & Bro. v. Collins
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Polk County; L. B. I-Iightower, Sr., Judge. Trespass to try title by V. A. Collins, Robert Dunham, and Mrs. Mary Colville against W. T. Carter, E. A. Carter, and Jack Thomas, a copartnership doing business under the name of W. T. Carter & Bro. and Thompson-Tucker Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtConley, C. J.
This was an action of trespass to try title brought by appellees, Y. A. Collins, Robert Dunham, and Mrs. Mary Col-ville, against W. T. Carter & Bro., a partnership composed of W. T. Carter and E. A. Carter and Jack Thomas, and also against the Thompson-Tucker Lumber Company, a private corporation, to recover all of the Thomas Colville league of land in Polk county, save and except a strip 1,000 varas wide by 5,000 varas long off of the southwest portion of the league, known as the “1000-Vara strip.” The title to a tract of 320 acres known as the “Handley tract” in the east corner of the…
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