Stephens v. Motl
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bell. Tried below before Hon. Wat. A. Blackburn. This action was brought as a suit of trespass to try title, but the' question is one of boundary. J. H. Stephens, the appellant, claims the land as a portion of the Stone league on the north, and the appellee Motl claims it as a portion of the Woodford league on the south. Peter G-. and Ed. T. Rucker are the immediate grantors of the appellee.
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Appeal from Bell. Tried below before Hon. Wat. A. Blackburn. This action was brought as a suit of trespass to try title, but the' question is one of boundary. J. H. Stephens, the appellant, claims the land as a portion of the Stone league on the north, and the appellee Motl claims it as a portion of the Woodford league on the south. Peter G-. and Ed. T. Rucker are the immediate grantors of the appellee. They sold him 200 acres of land by metes and bounds, as a part of the Woodford league, on September 1,1891, by a general warranty deed, in consideration of $200 cash and $200 in each of five…
1Opinion of the Court
GARRETT, Presiding Judge,
Section B.—The controversy in this suit arose over the disputed location of the northwest corner of the William Woodford league. Appellant seeks a reversal of the judgment of the court below upon the following grounds, which have been assigned as error:
1. The refusal of the court to admit in evidence the record of a suit involving the title to the land in controversy, brought by P. G. Rucker against J. C. W. Midkiff.
2. The charge of the court with reference to the circumstances under • which course and distance should be resorted to in establishing the north boundary…
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