Threadgill v. State

GRAVES, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for five years.

Appellant and deceased owned adjacent farms. A dispute arose as to the correct location of a boundary line between their farms. The amount of land actually involved was a very small strip. Appellant had been in possession of his tract of land for a number of years, but the deceased had only recently acquired his tract. Deceased came to the conclusion that a fence along appellant’s north line was 66 feet over his (deceased’s) land. Deceased called upon appellant…