New York & Texas Land Co. v. Votaw

The suit which resulted in the judgment appealed from was originally instituted on the 23d day of January, 1895, by the New York and Texas Land Company, Limited, against Mrs. M.J. Votaw. In its petition the plaintiff alleges that it is the owner of certain surveys, twenty-seven in number, patented by the State of Texas to the International Great Northern Railway Company, situated in Webb and Dimmitt Counties, and describes them sufficiently for identification. The object of the suit is, as shown by the petition, to settle and determine the boundary line between the surveys owned by the land…