Linney v. Wood
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Victoria. Tried below before the Hon. H. Clay Pleasants. This was a suit of trespass to try title, brought by appellant against appellee to recover a league of land originally granted to Jesusa de Leon, lying in Eefugio county, Texas. The venue was changed by agreement to Victoria county. A trial was had before a jury, and a verdict and judgment rendered for the appellee, Wood.
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Appeal from Victoria. Tried below before the Hon. H. Clay Pleasants. This was a suit of trespass to try title, brought by appellant against appellee to recover a league of land originally granted to Jesusa de Leon, lying in Eefugio county, Texas. The venue was changed by agreement to Victoria county. A trial was had before a jury, and a verdict and judgment rendered for the appellee, Wood. The controversy was over the division line between the Juan Pobedano and Jesusa de Leon tracts. The heirs of Dimmitt owned these two tracts by inheritance, but it did not appear by the testimony offered…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
The true location of the division line between the Juan Pobedano and the Jesusa de Leon surveys is the matter in controversy in this suit. These two surveys, together with one of five and one-fourth leagues granted to Jose Miguel Aldrete, front on the Aransas river, the lower line of Aldrete being the upper line of the Pobedano grant, and the lower line of the Pobedano being the upper line of the de Leon grant. Ho landmarks, natural or artificial, except the Aransas river, are called for in the two last mentioned grants; and the true division line between them depends…
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