Stafford v. King
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cherokee. The case was tried before Hon. Reuben A. Reeves, one of the district judges. This action of trespass to try title was instituted by appellee the 11th of September, 1858, alleging the appellee to be the owner of a tract of six hundred and forty acres of land, which is alleged to commence three thousand one hundred and sixty varas east of the southeast corner of the John R. Taylor survey of a half league; thence north four hundred and eleven varas to…
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Appeal from Cherokee. The case was tried before Hon. Reuben A. Reeves, one of the district judges. This action of trespass to try title was instituted by appellee the 11th of September, 1858, alleging the appellee to be the owner of a tract of six hundred and forty acres of land, which is alleged to commence three thousand one hundred and sixty varas east of the southeast corner of the John R. Taylor survey of a half league; thence north four hundred and eleven varas to corner; thence east one thousand nine hundred and eight-tenths varas; thence south one thousand nine hundred and…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
It is the duty of the surveyor to run round the land located and intended to be embraced by the survey and patent, and see that such objects are designated on it as will clearly point out and identify the locality and boundaries of the tract, and to extend a correct description of these, objects (natural and artificial, with courses and distances) into the field-notes of the survey, in order that they may be inserted in the patent, which will afford the owner, as well as other persons, the means of identifying the land that was in fact located and surveyed for the owner, [21 Tex., 20;] and…
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