Chesser v. Baughman

CONNER, Chief Justice.

—This is a suit by appellee, W. R. Baughman, against the appellant, Louis Chesser, to try title to two sections of State school land situated in Knox County, Texas. The petition is in the ordinary statutory form of trespass to try title, and the appellant answered by general demurrer, general denial, and plea of not guilty. The ease was tried before a jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

The two tracts of land, sections 16 and 18, in block 4, Denver & Wichita Railroad Company surveys, are situated within a radius…