Randall v. Gill
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Comanche. Tried below before Hon. T. H. Conner. - This suit involves title to a tract of land of 270 varas in width and lying north of the Hoxie and Stephens surveys. It is a location upon an alleged vacancy between said surveys on the south and the Bonham survey ‘on the north. The north line of the Hoxie and Stephens surveys is known; so the beginning or southeast corner of the Bonham, and also its northwest corner and its west line.
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Appeal from Comanche. Tried below before Hon. T. H. Conner. - This suit involves title to a tract of land of 270 varas in width and lying north of the Hoxie and Stephens surveys. It is a location upon an alleged vacancy between said surveys on the south and the Bonham survey ‘on the north. The north line of the Hoxie and Stephens surveys is known; so the beginning or southeast corner of the Bonham, and also its northwest corner and its west line. Its southeast corner is on the Hoxie north line. Its south and north lines are parallel with said Hoxie north line, to which also the east and west…
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Associate Justice.
—This suit was brought by appellees to try the title to 160 acres of land.
The controversy is as to whether the land is included in the James B. Bonham survey. If it is, it is admitted that appellants, who were defendants in the District Court, have title to it. If it is not included in the Bonham survey, it is admitted that it is owned by appellees.
Appellees claim that the land sued for by them lies between the Bonham and the Stephens and Hoxey surveys, while appellants contend that the south line of the Bonham is the north line of the Stephens and Hoxey surveys.
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