Hill v. Collier
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hall County; S. P. Huff, Judge. Trespass to try title by Lyman M. Hill, as executor, against Jackson Collier. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
Appellant, as plaintiff, instituted this suit in the form of trespass to try title to recover a strip of land off of the south end of section 33, block A, certificate No. 17, issued to Adams, Beatty & Moulton, in Hall county, Tex., which it is conceded was owned by appellant’s testator, but which appellee had inclosed, claiming it as a part of section 189, block H, of the Beatty, Seale & Forwood surveys, owned by the appellee. Section 189 is the junior survey, and is alleged to conflict with section 33 to the extent that the plaintiff sought to recover. Ap-pellee, defendant below, pleaded not…
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