Bacon and Graves v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
The trial court’s findings of fact, adopted in the opinion, and also its conclusions of law, several of which are referred to therein, are as follows: “ 1. On December 1, 1882, E. M. Bacon and E. G. Graves made application to Joel McKee, who was then the surveyor of the Palo Pinto Land District, as such surveyor, to purchase the land in controversy, under what is known as the fifty-cent act, approved July 14, 1879, and amended March 11, 1881, which said application was…
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The trial court’s findings of fact, adopted in the opinion, and also its conclusions of law, several of which are referred to therein, are as follows: “ 1. On December 1, 1882, E. M. Bacon and E. G. Graves made application to Joel McKee, who was then the surveyor of the Palo Pinto Land District, as such surveyor, to purchase the land in controversy, under what is known as the fifty-cent act, approved July 14, 1879, and amended March 11, 1881, which said application was received and recorded by said surveyor on said day. “ 2. The land so applied for was situated at the time of application in…
1Opinion of the Court
HEAD, Associate Justice.
We adopt the findings of fact filed by the court below, except from finding 20 strike out the words, “ were not responsible parties,” and add to finding 23 the following: “ By the word ‘ protest,’ as used in this finding, is meant that the Treasurer of the State-had several times refused to accept this money, and at the time he received it in January, 1891, the parties paying fully understood that the State would contest their claim to this land, and the Treasurer did not-receive the money as a legal payment therefor.”
The subject matter of this controversy is 466…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Day Land & Cattle Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- State v. SnyderTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- State v. DelesdenierTexas Supreme Court · 1851
- H. B. Sanborn & J. F. Glidden & Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Gunter & MunsonTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Jumbo Cattle Co. v. Bacon & GravesTexas Supreme Court · 1890
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