Galveston County v. Tankersley
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Hood. Tried below before the Hon. Charles Soward. Galveston county brought this suit for the purpose of' recovering possession of a part of one of her leagues of' school land, upon which she alleged the defendants were ■ trespassing. The defendants denied the trespass, and claimed severally portions of the land which they occupied as pre-emptors, alleging that the pre-emption claims occupied by each of them were- outside of the-boundaries of plaintiffs land.
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Error from Hood. Tried below before the Hon. Charles Soward. Galveston county brought this suit for the purpose of' recovering possession of a part of one of her leagues of' school land, upon which she alleged the defendants were ■ trespassing. The defendants denied the trespass, and claimed severally portions of the land which they occupied as pre-emptors, alleging that the pre-emption claims occupied by each of them were- outside of the-boundaries of plaintiffs land. The patent from the State • to Galveston county described the land sued for as one ' league of land, beginning at the…
1Opinion of the CourtOgden, P. J.
This suit was instituted by the county of Galveston against several defendants in trespass to-try title to certain land in Hood' county. Galveston county claims the land as a part of one of her school leagues, patented to her in 1849. The defendants-claim the land by virtue of their pre-emption rights. They *657also claim, that the land in controversy is not covered by plaintiff’s patent. There is, however, a preliminary question presented by the defendants’ plea in abatement which requires notice in this opinion. This suit was brought by Galveston county in 1867, and, on the adoption of our…
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