Polk County v. Howe

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Polk County sued Felix V. Howe and others in trespass to try title to several tracts of land lying northeast of the Brazos River in Baylor County and a small tract southwest of said river. The court instructed the jury to return a verdict for the defendants claiming the land northeast of the river and submitted the question of the true location of the southeast corner of the Polk County School Land Survey. The jury was asked to determine whether the southeast corner, as fixed by the field notes in the patent, is located at a point fixed by Rike and Jones, Polk County’s…