White v. Holliday
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Victoria. Tried below before the Hon. Fielding Jones. The facts appear from the Opinion. The deed was authenticated by the acknowledgment of it before a Notary, by January, the grantor.
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
The appellant having brought an action of trespass to try title, based his right upon two surveys, of six hundred and forty acres each, by virtue of two certificates.
The field-notes of one of them were not returned to the General Land Office previous to the first day of September, 1853. The excuse, rendered by him for this failure, is that they were filed in a suit pending between the same parties, and that the Judge of the Court, although applied to in vacation for that purpose, would not grant an order for their withdrawal, nor would the opposite party consent to it. It is not shown for…
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