Bowles v. Beal

Citations

• 60 Tex. 322
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 329

Syllabus

<p>1. Certainty in description.— A deed which describes the interest in land intended to be conveyed as “an undivided one-third of one-sixth of a league in Navarro county, Texas, patented to Elijah Powers, the same being one-third of the interest in said land conveyed by the sheriff of Navarro county to J. P. Bowles and J. F. Jeffries,” the deed from the sheriff already in evidence identifying the interest in the league conveyed, is sufficiently descriptive. Following Montgomery v. Carlton, 56 Tex., 433; Knowles v. Torbitt, 53 Tex., 557, and other cases cited in opinion.</p> <p>%. Practice—Bill of exceptions.—The better practice is, when objections are sustained to one of several mesne conveyances, through which appellant sought to connect himself with the sovereignty of the soil, for the bill of exceptions to set forth the subsequent connecting links in the chain of title, or to give in the bill their dates, contents, etc.</p>