State of Texas v. Powell
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Travis County. Tried below before Hon. Chas. A. Wilcox.
1Opinion of the Court
RICE, Associate Justice.
This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by the State against appellee, for the recovery of 1280 acres •of land1 situated in Wichita County.
Defendant replied by plea of not guilty. The case having been tried before the court without the intervention of a jury on an agreed statement of facts, resulted in a judgment in behalf of appellee, from which the State has prosecuted this appeal.
The facts as agreed upon are briefly, in, substance, as follows: That the John Wheat Confederate scrip certificate was located on the land in question by E. M. Powell, assignee…
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