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Griffith v. Rife

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 4, 1888No. 6116PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Caldwell. Tried below before Hon. H. Teichmneller.

1Opinion of the Court

Acker, Presiding Judge.

Appellants brought this suit in the usual form of trespass to try title, claiming the land in controversy as part of the Pablo Martinez league. Appellees were in possession, claiming the land as part of the A. M. Leavy league, and defended under the plea of not guilty. The two leagues abut upon each other, the field notes of each calling for the San Antonio road as the dividing line between them. In 1835 two surveyors, Sims and Shackelford, surveyed the land embraced in these two leagues and the land embraced in several other surveys situated on each side of the San…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Kelley v. FainCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. United States Torpedo Co. v. LinerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
  3. Cawthon v. CochellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
  4. Smith v. BunchCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
  5. Miller v. AhrensU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern West Virginia · 1908

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