Legal Opinion
Swink v. League
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 13, 1894No. 319PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TARLTON, Chief Justice.
A proper disposition of this appeal requires that we consider but one of many interesting questions presented. The action is one of trespass to try title, wherein appellee was awarded against appellant a recovery for 320 acres of land, survey number 311, in Callahan County.
The tract was originally the property of the Southern Pacific Railway Company. On August 7, 1860, that corporation conveyed it, among many other surveys, to Hall, Pope, and Scott, as trustees. This conveyance provides, that the sections therein described, 400 in number, should be distributed pro rata…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Wedel v. HermanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
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