Porter v. Brooks
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Callahan County; Thomas L. Blanton, Judge. Action by J. N. Porter and others against E. H. Brooks and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
Appellants Porter and Jones, on May 21, and on November 13, 1912, respectively, severally instituted suits in trespass to try title to recover parts of a tract of about 450 acres of land out of the William G. Anderson survey in Callahan county. The suits were consolidated, and the trial court has filed conclusions of fact, which we adopt, and from which it appears that Porter and Jones held title to the lands claimed by them under mesne conveyances from the sovereignty of the soil. The court, however, further found that E. H. Brooks, under whom the defendants claimed, had purchased the land…
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