Land v. Banks
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Angelina County; L. D. Guinn, Judge. Trespass to try title by Stanley Banks against J. W. P. Land. Judgment for plaintiff fo'r recovery of the land, but allowing defendant the cost of improvements made thereon in good faith, and defendant appeals from the judgment awarding the land to plaintiff, and plaintiff files cross-appeal from the judgment awarding the cost of the improvements.
1Opinion of the CourtHightower, C. J.
This was an action of trespass to try title by the appellee, Stanley Banks, against appellant, J. W. E. Land, and one W. G. Matthews. The suit was filed in the district court of Angelina county October 26, 1917, and involves 269 acres of iand, a part of the James Moffett one-third league survey located by virtue of 'certificate No. 271 issued by the board of land commissioners of Nacogdoches county to James Mof-fett in 1SS8, and the survey was patented by the state of Texas to James Moffett in 1847. fn his petition, as plaintiff, the appellee claimed ownership to the entire 269 acres here…
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