McHard v. State

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

This is a trespass to try title case.

The State of Texas and Gulf Oil Corporation were the plaintiffs in the trial court. Samuel Everett McHard, Jr., was the principal defendant. This case involves a tract of land approximately rectangular in shape. The tract is about 2525 feet north and south and 390 feet east and west. The land is alleged by plaintiffs to be in the J. Poitevent Survey # 4 in Fort Bend County, Texas. The defendants alleged that the land does not lie in the Poitevent 4, but instead lies within the Moses Merritt Survey in that county. The Poitevent 4 and…