Barker v. Swenson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. D. W. Doom, Special Judge. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The land in controversy was located on May 14, 1867, by virtue of a donation warrant issued to Wm. Barker, April 20,1855, and the appellants claim it as heirs of Barker. The court found that they were the heirs of Wm. Barker.
The appellees do not deraign title to the certificate from Wm. Barker, nor from his heirs through the several conveyances under which they claim. They, however, asserted title to the land certificate by reason of an adverse possession of it for the period of two years before it was located, and therefore claim that they have title to the land…
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