Louisiana & Texas Lumber Co. v. Dupuy
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Houston County. Tried below before Hon. B. H. Gardner.
1Opinion of the Court
PLEASANTS, Chief Justice.
— This is a suit by the appellees, the widow and heirs at law of M. C. Dupuy, deceased, to recover 9 7-10 acres of land alleged to be a part of the Allen Latham survey in Houston County. The suit is brought in the form of an action of trespass to try title, but the only issues raised by the evidence' are those of boundary and estoppel.
Plaintiffs were entitled to recover the land sued for if it was a part of the Latham survey, unless they were estopped from such recovery by facts pleaded by defendant.
The defendant claimed the land is a part of the S. Hudson survey,…
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