Legal Opinion

Mann v. Greer

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 14, 1903PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the District Court of Floyd. Tried below before Hon. J. M„ Morgan. Action in trespass to try title by S. A. Greer against J. F. Mann for the recovery of school land. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

SPEER, Associate Justice.

By agreement of the parties the sole question presented for our decision is whether or not there is sufficient evidence in the record to sustain the trial court’s finding that appellant was not an actual settler in good faith, for the purpose of a home, on the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 14, block G, in Floyd County, at the time (October 16, 1899) he made his application to purchase the land in controversy. We give below the evidence in full.

S.-A. Greer, plaintiff, testified as follows: “I was living on north half of section No. 90 at the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Willoughby v. TownsendTexas Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Baker v. MillmanTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Schwarz v. McCallTexas Supreme Court · 1900

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Andrus v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1905

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