Dunn v. Land

Charles Land sued John Dunn in trespass to try title, seeking to recover 184.29 acres of land in Nueces county, described by metes and bounds, and alleged to be a portion of survey 404, made by virtue of Beaty, Seale, and Forwood certificate No. 1740. Dunn answered by plea of not guilty. The controversy resolved itself into one of boundary, Dunn contending that the land was situated within the boundaries of a Mexican grant made by the state of Tamaulipas to Enrique Villareal, while Land claimed that it was situated west of the west line of said Mexican grant, and therefore the sale thereof to…