Haines v. West
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Jefferson County. Caroline Haines and others obtained writ of error upon the affirmance, on their appeal, of a judgment recovered against them by West and others.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The land in controversy was situated in Jefferson County, Texas, until 1858, when the legislature created Hardin County embracing a portion of Jefferson. The dividing line between the two counties passed through the survey in controversy, which consisted of 1,500 acres of land that had been granted to T. D. Yoakum, under whom all the parties claim title. It is unnecessary for us to set out the facts in detail. The following statement will be sufficient for a decision of the questions which we regard as material.
In. the year 1870 a suit was pending in the District Court of Jefferson County by…
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