Dunn v. Wing
Texas Supreme Court
Application for writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Jasper County. Wing sued Dunn and wife in trespass to try title. Defendants had judgment, which, on plaintiff’s appeal, was reversed and rendered in his favor. (Wing v. Dunn, 127 S. W., 1106.)
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
From facts stated in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals, it is plain that at the time of the issuance of . the patent to Wallis, Landes & Co. for the section of land in controversy, plaintiffs in error had not taken any of the steps prescribed by the law to attach to the land any right of their own. As the patent can only be attacked by the State, or by one having a right in the land prior to that of the patentee, the application for writ of error must be refused.
The improvements were made by plaintiffs in error on land known by them to belong to the State, without having done anything…
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