Holdsworth v. Gates
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Zavala County. Tried below before Hon. E. H. Burney.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
This is a suit of trespass to try title to a narrow strip of land alleged to be a part of fractional section number 16, Hooper and Wade, public free school land, instituted by appellant. The issue was as to the true boundary line between section 16 and section 18, which lies north of and adjoining number 16. The cause was tried by the court and resulted in a judgment for appellee.
In 1875, four surveys were made, being designated as 15, 16, 17 and 18, and upon the field notes being sent to the General Land Office, numbers 15 and 16 were canceled because of conflicts with…
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