Smith v. Gilley
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hall County; S. P. Huff, Judge. Action by J. W. Gilley against M. S. Smith and wife. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
There is an excess of land in block 1, S. P. Ry. Co. survey, in Hall county, over and above the aggregate acreage embraced in the original field notes of the different sections comprising that block. The block is seven sections in width from east to west, and according to the original field notes of the surveys each section is 1 mile square. With these distances as a basis, the block would be 7 miles in width from east to west; but by actual measurement on the ground the distance between the east and west boundaries of the block is 112 varas in excess of 7 miles. This would give an excess to…
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