Legal Opinion

Anderson v. Jackson

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1887No. 2368PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Ellis. Tried below before the Hon. Anson Rainey.

1Opinion of the Court

Gaines, Associate Justice.

This was an action brought in the court below by appellant against appellee to establish the, true boundary line between the E. T. Branch and the J. Jordan surveys, and to recover a strip of land about forty varas wide and six hundred and seven varas long. The defendant disclaimed as to all the land claimed by plaintiff not embraced in, the Jordan field notes, and pleaded not guilty and the statute of: limitations. There was a trial before the court without a jury, and a judgment for the defendant.

One Cunningham, the county surveyor of Ellis county, was appointed by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hunnicutt v. PeytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Evitts v. RothTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Bradley v. WestSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
  4. Texas Land Co. v. WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1879
  5. Ledyard v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 1864

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Spencer v. LevyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. Kirby Lumber Corporation v. LindseyTexas Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Porter v. MillerTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Haynes v. T. N. O. R. R. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1908
  5. Woods v. HullTexas Supreme Court · 1896

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