State v. Sandlin

FRASER, Chief Justice.

This is a trespass to try title suit filed by appellees against appellant State of Texas (and other parties who have been dismissed), seeking recovery of the fee simple title to certain lands including Section 37, Block D-11, T. C. Ry. Co., which is the land here in controversy. It seems that on August 9, 1881 a deputy surveyor of Pecos County, named Charles Archer, made a survey establishing the boundaries of Section 37, which lies in what is now known as Brewster County, but which at that time was in what was known as Presidio County. The surveyor, Archer, was not…