Legal Opinion
Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Olive Sternenberg & Co.
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided June 9, 1920No. 169-3178PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKittrell, J.
On December 20,1847, the state issued patent No. 406 to Lewis Bouillet to 320 acres of land located in Hardin county, being a body of land 1,344 varas square.
At an earlier date — but exactly when tlie record does not reveal — the state bad issued a patent to E. P. Elliott to a league survey lying east of where the Bouillet 320-a'cre survey was located, and it was evidently intended that the east line of the Bouillet and the west line of the .Elliott should be coincident, but the former as located, or at least as patented, lapped over on the Elliott about 600 varas. On December 14, 1859,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bracken v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Craig v. CartwrightTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- Holland v. NanceTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- Charle v. SaffoldTexas Supreme Court · 1854
- Bailey v. Kirby Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1917
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3Cited by6 opinions
- McCabe v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
- Chittim v. AuldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Kinney v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Houston Oil Co. v. PattersonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1920
- Orsborn v. Deep Rock Oil Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1954
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