Fagan v. Stoner

Citations

• 67 Tex. 286
• 3 S.W. 44
• 1887 Tex. LEXIS 865

Syllabus

<p>1. Survey—Dignity op Calls.—When a marked line is called for in a grant, it is only when the line can be identified on the ground as the one made by the surveyor that it will control a call for course and distance.</p> <p>2. Same.—The law does not require the distance named in the field notes of a grant to be greatly extended to reach a line, merely because it is found on the ground with marks corresponding in age with the date of the grant. He who claims the right to so extend the distance, and give superior dignity to the marked line, must show that the line was the one marked on the ground by the surveyor preparatory to the issuance of the grant.</p>