Pulliam v. Runnels County
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Tom Green. Tried below before Hon. J. C. Randolph. This was an action of trespass to try title to a league of land in Pecos County, Texas, brought by Runnels County against M. B. Pulliam, in the District Court of Tom Green County.
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Appeal from Tom Green. Tried below before Hon. J. C. Randolph. This was an action of trespass to try title to a league of land in Pecos County, Texas, brought by Runnels County against M. B. Pulliam, in the District Court of Tom Green County. The plaintiff in her petition'pleaded her title to the land in controversy as one of the four leagues of school land donated to. her by the State; and also set up the chain of title under which defendant claimed, which was deed by Runnels county through a former county judge to one Powell, and conveyance from him to defendant, and attacked said deed from…
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by Runnels County to recover of appellant a league of land' patented to plaintiff as one of the four leagues to which it became enti*367tied under articles 4032 and 4033 of the Revised Statutes, authorizing the appropriation of public lands by certain counties for school purposes.
The facts as shown by the evidence are that the Commissioners Court of Runnels County, at its April Term, 1880, made an order accepting a proposition made by Messrs. Powell & Gage “ to locate the four leagues of land donated to Runnels County…
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