Scott v. Pettigrew
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bell. Tried below before Hon. W. A. Blackburn. This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellees, holding the title to the Maximo Morena eleven league grant and establishing the north boundary of the grant upon the claim that the west line be extended to its full length as called for in the grant.
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Appeal from Bell. Tried below before Hon. W. A. Blackburn. This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellees, holding the title to the Maximo Morena eleven league grant and establishing the north boundary of the grant upon the claim that the west line be extended to its full length as called for in the grant. There was also testimony tending to show marked lines of the grant beyond or north of the double blackberry corner, which for many years was regarded the true northeast corner of the survey. The Morena survey has been the subject of litigation for many years. It is discussed in…
1Opinion of the Court
Acker, Presiding Judge.—Appellant
brought this suit in the usual form of trespass to try title to 320 acres of land claimed as a part of the-J. M. Harvey survey. It was admitted that appellant owned the land described in his petition, and that appellees had a complete chain of title under the Maximo Morena eleven league grant. The Harvey survey was-located north of and adjoining the Morena survey, and the real question involved is one of boundary between the two surveys. The Morena grant, was located and surveyed in 1833, and the Harvey at a later date, but-when does not appear. If the north…
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