Knapp v. Patterson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Coke County. Patterson sued Knapp and others in trespass to try title and recovered. Defendants appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This action was brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error to try title to two sections of school land. The plaintiffs in error are the administrator of the estate of C. W. Knapp, deceased, and the widow and heirs of the decedent. The plaintiff in the trial court recovered a judgment there for the lands, and this judgment was affirmed upon appeal.
The plaintiff claimed as a purchaser the sections in controversy, under the statutes which authorized the sale of the school lands of the state,^ and, upon the trial, adduced evidence to show that he had…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Boaz v. PowellTexas Supreme Court · 1902
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