Surghenor v. Ducey
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Liberty County; L. B. Hightower, Judge. Trespass to try title by John AV. Surghen- or and others against' Patrick A. Ducey and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
This is a suit in trespass to try title by John AV. Surghenor and others against the defendants Patrick A. Ducey and others, to recover one league of land of the Jose Dolores Martinez 11-league grant, being league No. 1 of the grant. By agreement of all the parties, there was a severance, and this suit went to trial against Sallie E. Gibbs only, who claimed a tract consisting of four parcels as described in her answer, in which the field notes of each parcel are set out, •containing in the aggregate 1,443 acres.
The plaintiffs claimed title as heirs and under the heirs of William Hardin, and…
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