Witherspoon v. Olcott
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas.
1Opinion of the Court
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
This is an ordinary action of trespass to try title, resulting in a judgment in favor of Frederick P. Olcott, defendant in error, for five sections of land in block A of formerly Hardeman, now Foard, county, patented to the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company in November, 1881, and four sections in block 44 of said county, patented to said railway company in September and October, 1877. Olcott claimed under a quitclaim deed from the receiver of said railway company,—sufficient, however, to vest in him whatever right the railway company had to said lands. The patents…
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