Arnold v. Adams
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Grimes. Tried below before the Hon. James R. Burnett. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdoo, J.
In 1859 James Nolan lived upon a tract of 120 acres of land in Grimes county. In that year, when the railroad depot was located upon the tract,'No-*426Ian donated to the Central Railroad 80 of the 120 acres. Holán purchased the 120 acres from Duke in 1856, and settled and has lived on the land as a homestead ever since.
After his donation to the railroad the land was laid off, on which he resided, into lots and blocks, and which now forms a part of the town of Havasota.
In 1859 he erected on what is designated as Block 1 of Holán’s plan of Havasota, a few hundred yards west of his then residence, a…
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