Producers' Oil Co. v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Travis County; Ireland Graves, Judge. Suit by the State against the Producers’ Oil Company and others. From the decree, certain defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtCobbs, J.
The state of Texas brought this suit to recover against the appellants two tracts of land, which were designated as islands in the West fork of the San Jacinto river, in Harris county, Tex. One, containing 18.8 acres, lies in the salient of the river, and appellants contend lies in the Mary Owens and Elijah Votaw surveys; and the other, containing 20 acres, appellants contend lies in the Elijah Votaw survey. The field notes of each are given.
The defendant H. C. House answers that he is the owner of 1,135.3 acres off of the south end of the Mary Owens league, adjoining the river, as the said…
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