Chapman v. Kellogg

This is an action in trespass to try title instituted on the 15th day of August, 1915, in the district court of San Augustine county, Tex., for the recovery of the A. G. Kellogg one-fourth league survey in said county. The suit was brought by the Kelloggs as heirs of the original grantee.

The defendant, J. R. Chapman, in the trial court, answered by a plea of general denial and not guilty. As found by the district court, Chapman had a complete chain of title from the sovereignty of the soil, if the two conveyances to be hereinafter discussed *152were valid and genuine. There was no possession of…