Cochran County v. Hockley County

JACKSON, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by the plaintiffs, Cochran and Bailey counties, against the defendants, Lamb and Hockley counties, to determine the boundary lines between Bailey and Lamb and between Cochran and Hockley.

The pleadings are not questioned and are sufficient to authorize the admission of the testimony upon which the court bases his' findings of fact and to warrant the judgment in favor of Hockley and Lamb counties, from which findings and decree the plaintiffs, Bailey and Cochran prosecute this appeal.

In 1876 the Legislature of the State of Texas passed an act…