William Carlisle & Co. v. King
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Trinity County. King and others -sued the Carlisle Company for the recovery of land. Plaintiffs recovered and defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Defendants in error instituted this suit in the District Court of Trinity County against William Carlisle & Company to recover 160 acres of land, being a part of a 320-acre survey patented by the State of Texas to J. S. H. Chessher on the 25th day of July, 1860. The field notes of the said 320-acre, survey read as follows: “Beginning at the FT. E. corner of the J. Hickman survey a stake, a pine bears FT. 40 deg. E. 10 varas, another S. 53 deg. W. 5 varas. Thence S. 15 deg. E. 1120 varas to Hickman’s S. E. corner. Thence S. 75 deg. W. with South boundary line of said survey 80 varas to the FT.…
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