Slaughter v. Hardeman County
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Lubbock County; L. S. Kinder, Judge. • Action by Hardeman County against C. C. Slaughter. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
Hardeman county instituted this suit on the 19th day of October, 1909, in the usual form of trespass to try title, against C. C. Slaughter for the recovery of the west two-thirds of league No. 66 of Hardeman county school lands situated in Hockley county.
The defendant pleaded not guilty, and specially that on the 18th day of March, 1886, the plaintiff county by authority of its commissioners’ court executed and delivered to J. R. Williams a deed conveying its four leagues of school land, including the land in controversy, for a consideration of $5,000, payable as the deed and order of the…
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