Legal Opinion

Wise County v. Montague County

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 24, 1899PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. Irby Dunklin.

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by Wise County against Montague County “for the purpose of establishing the boundary line between them,” as provided in the Acts of 1897, page 222, Sayles’ Civil Statutes, article 808a.

The issues' and result of the trial are thus sufficiently stated in appellant’s brief:

“Wise County contended that it had the line in question legally established and surveyed by one L. E. Camp in 1856; if not then, said county had it legally surveyed and established by A. Devereaux in 1877; or that if neither of these surveys were legally made and the line…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Messner v. GiddingsTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Shaw v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Board of County Commissioners v. Board of County CommissionersWyoming Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Bivins v. LanierCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
  3. Gaines County v. Terry CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  4. Bivins v. LanierCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
  5. County of Callahan v. County of ColemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966

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