Thompson v. Eanes
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. John Ireland. The facts of the case, so far as they are involved in the rulings of this court, are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorrill, C. J.
The appellants and plaintiffs instituted suit in the District Court, alleging that on the 10th of October, 1856, being the owners of a good, legal and genuine land certificate, they located a portion thereof upon 520 acres of land in the county of Burleson, and land district of Milam, which was surveyed by a surveyor of Milam land district on the same Jay; and on the 30th of September, 1857, the certificate and field notes were filed in the general land office, duly authenticated according to law.
That the defendants, on the 5th of August, 1857, also having a certificate, pretended to locate…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Mays v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
- Malin & Browder v. McCutcheonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903