Legal Opinion
Southwestern Settlement & Development Co. v. Village Mills Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 23, 1921No. 662PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Error from District Court, Hardin County; J. L. Manry, Judge. Suit by the Southwestern Settlement & Development Company and others against the Village Mills Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This suit was instituted in the usual form of trespass to try title by appellants, as plaintiffs, against the appellees, and involved the Frederick Lewis one-third league survey in Hardin county. The patent, issued to the heirs of Frederick Lewis on the 12th day of April, 1854, described the land as follows:
“One-third of a league of land situated and described as follows: In Jefferson county, about two miles south of Big Sandy creek and about 24 miles above its mouth, by virtue of certificate No. 75, issued by the board of land commissioners of Liberty county on the 1st day of February, A. D.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Fletcher v. FullerSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Bounds v. LittleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Veramendi v. HutchinsTexas Supreme Court · 1878
- Baldwin v. GoldfrankTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Watrous v. McGrewTexas Supreme Court · 1856
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Fowler v. Texas Exploration Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1926
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- Gulf Refining Co. v. BoninCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
- White v. Beaumont Implement Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1929
- Bartee v. CarterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
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