Lee v. Kirby

WALKER, J.'

Appellees, as plaintiffs, instituted this suit against appellant to recover from him the title and possession of approximately 1,185 acres of land in Harris county, Tex., a part of the Harris and Carpenter league. Upon a trial to a jury a verdict was instructed for appellees at' the conclusion of the evidence, from which this appeal was duly prosecuted.

Appellees introduced a chain of title from the sovereignty to themselves, in whicl} appellant attacks many links, on the ground that the description was bad, or that the grantors were without power to execute the deeds in question,…