Thomson v. Locke
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Kinney. Tried below before the Hon. Thos. M. Paschal. The petition of plaintiff, B. M- Thomson, was filed March 1, 1884. March 4, 1885, the judgment of the court was rendered sustaining exceptions to the petition and dismissing the case. The allegations oi the petition are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtStayton, Associate Justice
This action was brought in the district court for Kinney county, to which Crockett county was attached *385for judicial purposes, to compel Wm. Locke, who is the surveyor of the Bexar land district, of which Crockett county is a part, to survey certain lands therein situated which had been located by the appellant. His petition alleged that the land which he sought to have surveyed was vacant and unappropriated public land, upon which he had made valid locations under valid claims against the state for land, the locations having been made in the office of Locke, in the county of Bexar, that he…
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