Stephens v. House

Mr. Judge RANDOLPH

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

The following statement and certified questions from the Court of "Civil Appeals have been submitted to us for consideration:

“The appellant brought this suit against the appellees and a number of other defendants to recover an undivided one-sixth of a league of land granted by the Republic of Texas to Mary Owens, and lying partly in Harris and partly in Montgomery County.

The appellant deraigns title under Patrick Reels, who was a son of the original grantee, Mary Owens. The appellees claim title under the other…