Perez v. Canales
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Nueces. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Russell. Suit in trespass to try title, brought by appellee, for two sections of common school land situate each in the counties of Nueces and Duval.
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Appeal from Nueces. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Russell. Suit in trespass to try title, brought by appellee, for two sections of common school land situate each in the counties of Nueces and Duval. Plaintiff, in his pleadings, described the two sections claimed by metes and bounds; recited the law under which he made said applications; view and appraisement of the same under oath, by the county surveyor of Nueces county; return of the same to the commissioner’s court of said county, and its approval of the appraisement thereof, as pasture land, at one dollar per acre; preparation of…
1Opinion of the Court
Acker, Judge.
Notwithstanding the numerous assignments of error, all of which are insisted upon by appellant, we are able to discover in this record only two questions of any materiality, whatever, and they are:
1. Are the “view and appraisement” of State school lands in an organized county made by the county surveyor under the act of 1879 (General Laws special session of the Sixteenth Legislature, page 38), which “view and appraisement” were regularly returned, adopted and approved, by the commissioners court, reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and by him approved prior…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Canales v. PerezTexas Supreme Court · 1886
3Cited by3 opinions
- Stoker v. StokerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Joyce v. SiskCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1901
- Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1952