STATE v. SANDLIN

No. 5691.

390 S.W.2d 62 (1965)

The STATE of Texas et al., Appellants, v. Mary Dan Wilson SANDLIN et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. El Paso.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen., Milton Richardson, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. S. Branwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellants.

Black & Stayton, Austin, for appellees.


FRASER, Chief Justice.

This is a trespass to try title suit filed by appellees against appellant State of Texas (and other parties who have been dismissed), seeking recovery of the fee simple title to certain lands including Section 37, Block D-11, T. C. Ry. Co., which is the land here in controversy. It seems that on August 9, 1881 a deputy surveyor of Pecos County, named Charles Archer, made a survey establishing the boundaries of Section 37, which lies in what...

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