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Smith v. Elliott

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 24, 1941No. 5261PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JACKSON, Chief Justice.

The record shows that the State of Texas granted four leagues of land, among which was League 42 situated in Hockley County, Texas, to Rains County for school purposes. The State issued a patent there for to the grantee on May 26, 1885 which was filed for record in Hockley County on' February 3, 1920.

On October 22, 1927 the Commissioners Court of Rains County subdivided the leagues into labors and had a plat thereof made which appears in this record as the official plat of the Rains County School Land in Hockley County.

On May 8, 1928 the County of Rains, acting through…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Gano v. Palo Pinto CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Howards v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1851
  3. Wiener v. ZweibTexas Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Gallup v. County of LibertyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
  5. Thornton v. GoodmanTexas Supreme Court · 1919

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Matthews v. Rains CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
  3. Simmons v. RatliffCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
  4. Rains County v. HensonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
  5. Wilson v. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1941

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