Thatcher v. Matthews
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Colorado County; M. Kennon, Judge. Action by John Matthews and others against John Thatcher and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Findings of Pact.
JENKINS, J.
This is a boundary suit, the issue being whether or not the survey patented to John Matthews conflicted with the prior survey in the name of Thos. Cartwright. Th£ Cartwright survey, league No. 10, was an Austin Colony survey, made by Rowson Alley in 1824, and was one of a number of league surveys made by the same surveyor, beginning at the Kinehloe No. 1, and extending up the Colorado river on the north side to and including No. 13, in the name of James Ross. The relative positions of surveys Nos. 9 to 13, inclusive, as called for in their original field notes, is…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Stroud v. SpringfieldTexas Supreme Court · 1866
- Northern Irr. Co. v. DoddCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Matthews v. ThatcherCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
- Sullivan v. SolisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Johnson v. GaryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
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