Brooks v. Slaughter
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Garza County; W. R. Spencer, Judge, Suit by John B. Slaughter against L. N. Brooks and others. Prom judgment for plaintiff defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
This is a boundary suit, and requires a decision as to whether there is a vacancy between the south lines of sections 1326 and 2328, block 1, H. O. B. Railway Company surveys, and the north lines of section 403 and section 10, Tyler Tap Railway Company surveys, in Garza county. The appellant L. N. Brooks was awarded, on his application to purchase said land as being vacant and belonging to the public school fund, a strip of land between the said surveys, which strip of land so awarded is 537 varas wide on the east end and 526 varas on the west, and extends east 2,180 varas from the northwest…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hunnicutt v. PeytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Lipscomb v. FuquaTexas Supreme Court · 1910
- Finberg v. GilbertTexas Supreme Court · 1911
- Erp v. TillmanTexas Supreme Court · 1910
- George v. ThomasTexas Supreme Court · 1856
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Standefer v. VaughanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- State v. TalkingtonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
- State v. ArnimCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
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