Earnest v. Glaser

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

—Appellant was entitled to recover the section of "land in controversy unless his right was cut off by the judgment through which appellee deraigned title, which was rendered on service by publication in a tax suit brought in the name of the State against the unknown owner. The validity of this judgment, which failed to recite service of citation or other jurisdictional fact, depended upon the sufficiency of the following citation and service:

“The State of Texas, in the name of the State of Texas and County of Lubbock: To the sheriff or any constable of Lubbock…