Downs v. Porter
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Kaufman. Tried below before the Hon. Green J. Clark.
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
This is an action of trespass to try title to certain lands in Kaufman county, instituted September 28, 1877, by appellant Downs, as plaintiff, against appellee Porter, as defendant.
Both parties claim as a common source of title under *60patent for one-third of a league of land issued to Mathew IP. Sims, dated October 6,1848. Downs, plaintiff, claimed under deed from Sims to Thomas F. George, dated August TT, 1853, recorded October 28, 1855, to an undivided interest of 500 acres in the thud of a league, and under several mesne conveyances to the same undivided interest…
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