C. C. Slaughter Cattle Co. v. Potter County
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Lubbock County; W. R. Spencer, Judge. Action by Potter County against the C. C. Slaughter Cattle Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and named defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
STOKES, Special Justice.
The state of Tesas granted to Potter county on January 25, 1889, for its common schools four leagues of land numbered 113, 114, 115, and 116 lying in Cochran county. This land was selected by a committee appointed in February, 1888, by the commissioner's’ court of Potter county. That committee made its report in October, 1888, to the effect that the leagues were common plains land, soil, deep yellow, and covered with sage grass not fit for agricultural purposes but could be used for stock. In May 1890 the county sold the land to H. M. Spaulding for $7,151.04 cash and…
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- Rogers v. Wolfson, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1989
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