MacKey v. Armstrong

HENRY, Associate Justice.

— This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by the appellant to recover seventy-six alternate surveys of land in Cameron County, made by virtue of certificates issued to the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company. The cause was,tried by the court without a jury, and a judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants.

The case made by the plaintiff was sufficient to authorize a judgment in his favor, unless it was defeated by the one made by the defendants. The defendants claimed, that they held possession of the land under a grant of twenty-five leagues…