Legal Opinion

Bell v. Preston

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 22, 1898PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Cooke. Tried below before Hon. D. E. Barrett.

1Opinion of the Court

On March 1, 1855, two surveys in the name of Estevan Mora, one of 640 acres and the other of 320 acres, were made in Warren's Bend, in Cooke County, by a deputy surveyor of that county. The larger survey begins on Red River, where none of its calls can now be found, and runs "south 3804 varas, to the southeast cornet of said [Elijah] Wright [survey]. Thence west 131 varas to a mound in small prairie from which a post oak marked W bears north 19° east 19 varas. Thence south 185 varas to a post. Thence east 1801 varas to a post from which a red oak 20 in. dia. bears south 231 varas, marked W.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Huff v. CrawfordTexas Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Ayers v. BeatyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1893

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Standefer v. VaughanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  2. Reynolds v. PorterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  3. Giles v. KretzmeierCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
  4. Adams v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  5. Gay v. JackmanTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923

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