Legal Opinion
De Vitt v. Kaufman County
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 7, 1901PublishedCited by 16 opinions
Appeal from Kaufman. Tried below before Hon. J. E. Dillard.
1Opinion of the Court
TEMPLETON, Associate Justice.
In July, 1895, Kaufman -County leased to De Yitt and Scharbauer 960 acres of its free school lands, situated in. Hockley County. The lease contract reads thus:
“Kaufman County, Texas, July 20, 1895.—This instrument witness-nth that Kaufman County, acting by and through Nestor Morrow, judge and legal agent for said county, hereby agrees to lease, and does hereby lease to De Yitt & Scharbauer, a firm composed of D. M. De Yitt, of San Angelo, Texas, and John Scharbauer, of Midland, Texas, a certain tract •of land situated in Hockley County, Texas, and patented to…
2Cited by16 opinions
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