Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Brandenburg
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Dallas County; E. B. Muse, Judge. Action by B. F. Brandenburg, Sr., and wife, •against the Gulf; 'Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
The appellees, Brandenburg ■and wife, brought this suit in the form of an action of trespass to try title to recover two tracts of land described as 320 acres of the Sharrock survey and 23 acres of the Bledsoe survey situated in Dallas county. The appellant disclaimed as to all of the land described in the petition, except a strip 100 feet wide running through the two tracts, and used as a railroad right of way. It was alleged- by the appellant that on the 8th day of April, 1881, its predecessor, the Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central Railway Company, acquired this strip of land by purchase…
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