Jumbo Cattle Co. v. Bacon & Graves

GAINES, Associate Justice.

This case is submitted under the following agreement, made in pursuance of Rule 59 of this court:

“ 1. Appellees brought this suit against the appellant company on the 11th day of March, 1889, alleging that the defendant was a corporation, duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas, having its principal *8office in the county o£ Mitchell in said State, and John T. Beal as its president.

“ That appellees were the legal and equitable owners of 17,280 acres of land situated in Scurry County, Texas, and divided into twenty-seven surveys of 640 acres each, and…