State v. Horton

KEITH, Justice.

The State of Texas, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, appeal from an unfavorable judgment rendered in a non-jury trial in a case of trespass to try title. Plaintiffs sought to recover 223.13 acres of land in San Jacinto County, using the provisions of Section 6(j) of Article 5421c, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., as a key to the courtroom door. Although the State assigns three points of error, our disposition of the cause makes it unnecessary for us to mention the latter two. The point which we sustain brings forward the complaint that plaintiffs…