Fristoe v. Leon & H. Blum
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Coke County. Leon & H. Blum sued Fristoe in trespass to try title and appealed from a judgment for defendant. The Court of Civil Appeals having reversed and rendered judgment for appellants, Fristoe obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Prior to November 23, 1882, 1. M. Bennick was in the actual possession in good faith of the land in controversy, it being section No. 278, Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company survey, in block N o. 1-A in Coke County, Texas, located as an alternate section for the public free schools of Texas under the law granting lands to railroads. On October 8, 1883, I. M. Bennick made application to purchase said section in the form prescribed by the Acts of the Legislature of Texas of 1883 “to provide for the classification, sale, and lease of lands heretofore or hereafter…
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