Swisher v. Grumbles
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. John Hancock. Suit by appellant against appellee, February 3d, 1854. The petition alleged that plaintiff was the owner of the land on the west margin of the Colorado river, immediately opposite the foot of Congress Avenue in the City of Austin ; that he had determined to establish a ferry at said point, and had leased from the City of Austin the privilege of landing his ferry boats at the foot of said Avenue ; that be had…
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. John Hancock. Suit by appellant against appellee, February 3d, 1854. The petition alleged that plaintiff was the owner of the land on the west margin of the Colorado river, immediately opposite the foot of Congress Avenue in the City of Austin ; that he had determined to establish a ferry at said point, and had leased from the City of Austin the privilege of landing his ferry boats at the foot of said Avenue ; that be had already been at considerable expense in cutting down the bank and procuring a ferry boat; and that the defendant had entered…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
It is agreed on all hands, that the decision of this case depends on the true construction of the deed of the 11th of July, 1839, from Decker, the original grantee of the league of land, of which the land in controversy is a part, to Browning, for the upper half of the league. The deed purports to convey “ all the upper half of a league of land,” “ the headright league of the said Decker, lying on the west side of Colorado river,” “ hereinafter designated more particularly, excepting two hundred acres on the back end of said half from the river.” It then gives the field notes of the survey of…
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