Newland v. Slaughter

HUNTER, Associate Justice.

This suit was filed by the appellee, John B. Slaughter, against the appellant, R. R. Newland, in the District Court of Glasscock County to recover possession of sections 40 and 46 in block No. 33, township 4 south, Texas & Pacific Railway Company surveys of public school lands in said county. The defense was a plea of not guilty. The case was tried by the court without a jury upon an agreed statement of facts, and judgment was rendered for appellee Slaughter, and Newland appeals and assigns as error, the conclusion of law, filed by the court, that the lease from the…