Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 29, 1941No. 5331PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOLLEY, Justice.
The State of Texas granted four leagues of land situated in Hockley County to Rains County for school purposes, among which was League 45. On May 26, 1885 the State issued a patent therefor to the grantee which was filed for record in Hockley County February 3, 1920.
Thereafter the commissioners court of Rains County subdivided the leagues into labors and had a plat thereof made, which appears in this record as the official plat of the Rains County School Land in Hockley County.
On January 28, 1930 the county of Rains, acting through its commissioners court, sold and conveyed by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Smith v. ElliottCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
3Cited by3 opinions
- Matthews v. Rains CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
- Simmons v. RatliffCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Rains County v. HensonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944