Leone Plantation, Inc. v. Roach

RICE, Chief Justice.

This is a boundary suit brought in the form of trespass to try title.

Leone Plantation, Inc., plaintiff below, appellant here, is admittedly the owner of the Hairston Survey of 640 acres situate in Leon County, Texas; appellee Austin Roach, vendee of appellee Keechi Petroleum Company, is admittedly the owner of the McLin Bracy Survey immediately west of the Hairston.

The land in controversy is a rectangular tract of 123 acres asserted by appellant, plaintiff below, to be a part of the Hairston Survey. Appellant, by its pleadings, undertook the burden of establishing that the…