Throckmorton v. Davenport
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Erath. Tried below before the Hon. J. E.' Fleming. Suit by Davenport against the county surveyor of Erath county to compel a survey of one hundred and sixty acres of land claimed by him as apre-emptor, and against Satterwhite and Throckmorton, who, it was alleged, were trespassers who had forcibly ejected the plaintiff from possession. The action was dismissed as to the surveyor, and judgment rendered after trial against the other defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
The field notes of the land sued for, as given in plaintiff’s petition, are as follows: “Beginning at the N. E. corner of a survey of 640 acres made for Hugh Maloy for the S. E. corner of this; thence N. 19° E., 950 varas to the N. E. corner of this survey; thence S. 71° W., 950 varas to the'¡¡ST. W. corner of this survey; thence S. 19'' W., 950 varas to the S. W. corner of this survey; thence H. 71° E., 950 varas to the beginning.” The petition contains no other description sufficient to identify the land. In the judgment the field notes are the same with the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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