Slaughter v. Hight
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Scurry County; W. P. Leslie, Judge. Action by John B. Slaughter against A. F. Hight, T. L. Hight, and others. Prom a judgment for defendants A. P. Hight and T. L. Hight, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPEB:, C. J.
Appellant filed this suit January 27, 1916, against N. W., T. L., and A. P. Hight, W. E. Gooden, and H. E. Tuckness, in trespass to try title to all of sections 3, 4, and 5, B. & B. surveys, and the R. M. Thompson surveys 1 and 2. The petition alleged that these surveys were situated in the north part of Borden county, or the south part of Garza county, Tex.
Defendants’ answers contain pleas of not guilty, and one, three, five, and ten years’ limitations, in that they were claiming under deed duly recorded from Sam L. Chalk, to whom the lands were sold by the state as unsurveyed…
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