Grigsby v. May
Texas Supreme Court
The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Different branches of this suit have been in this court. See Peak v. Swindle, 68 Texas, 242; Grigsby v. Peak, Id., 235; Grigsby v. Peak, 57 Texas, 142; Caruth v. Grigsby, Id., 259; and Grigsby v. Caruth, Id., 269.
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
— This action was originally brought by D. B. Grigsby and Maria Louisa Swindle, on August 18, 1874, against between three and four hundred defendants, one of whom was B. F. Aspley, to recover the community interest of their mother in the John Grigsby league and labor of land, and in a survey of 640 acres of land granted by virtue of a certificate issued to James A. Sylvester.
Plaintiffs tendered to the several defendants who asserted claim to particular tracts of land in either of the grants the right to a severance, and Mrs. Mary A. May, who claimed 290 acres, described…
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