Milam County v. J. M. Bateman
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Hood. Tried below before the Hon. T. L. Nugent. Suit by Milam county, in trespass to try title, against J. M. Bateman and twenty-five others, for rents and profits for one league of land situated in Hood county Texas, claiming the same as a part of the land granted to her for school purposes, under two acts of the congress of the republic of Texas, the first approved January 26, A. D. 1839, the second approved February 5, A. D. 1840; located and surveyed on the…
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Appeal from Hood. Tried below before the Hon. T. L. Nugent. Suit by Milam county, in trespass to try title, against J. M. Bateman and twenty-five others, for rents and profits for one league of land situated in Hood county Texas, claiming the same as a part of the land granted to her for school purposes, under two acts of the congress of the republic of Texas, the first approved January 26, A. D. 1839, the second approved February 5, A. D. 1840; located and surveyed on the 23d day of December, A. D. 1849, and the field notes recorded in Milam county June 9, A. D. 1858, duly certified by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
In December, 1849, Milam county had two of the four leagues of land to which she was entitled, as school lands, surveyed in Milam land district, now Hood county. These are the subject matter of this and the suit of Milam County v. Blake et al., also pending before us. Both were brought by Milam county against a number of defendants who claimed adversely to her.
*161The field notes of the league in controversy in this suit were duly returned and approved by the district surveyor within a reasonable time after the survey was made. They were recorded in the office of the…
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