Temple Lumber Co. v. McFarland

HIGHTOWER, 0. J.

This was an action in trespass to try title, filed in the district court of Sabine county by the appellees as plaintiffs against the appellants as defendants, and involves a tract of 320 acres of land in that county that was patented to David Blackman December 10, 1849, and commonly known throughout the county as the “lower” Blackman survey. There were two surveys patented to David Blackman in Sabine county, and they are almost contiguous at one point; the one not here involved being commonly known in the county as the “upper” Blackman survey.

In addition to the formal action…