Inter-Mountain Coal & Lumber Co. v. Lewis

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Reversing.

This appeal involves a conflict of two land patents, which were originally surveyed in Clay County. The two tracts were surveyed by A. W. Chastain on March 17, 1870, and the patents were issued on August 4th of that year. The lands are now in Leslie County, which was established in 1878. There is no direct evidence in the record showing which survey was made first, but it is shown that Chastain, who was surveyor for Clay County, originally owned the warrants under which the surveys were made. He had a 200 acre warrant, one-half of which hé…