Heirs of Logan v. Pierce

Citations

• 66 Tex. 126
• 18 S.W. 343
• 1886 Tex. LEXIS 463

Syllabus

<p>1. Identification—Sheriff’s deed—Description—The facts appearing that a valid execution was levied on a tract of land claimed under a sheriff’s deed, and that this tract was sold by the sheriff and the purchase money paid, it is immateial that the deed made to the purchaser by the sheriff does not sufficiently describe the land.</p> <p>2. Presumption—Lapse of time—Effect—Every permissible presumption should be indulged in support of a claim oL forty years’ duration, and which, during that length of time, was undisputed by those adversely interested.</p> <p>3. Proof—See the opinion for facts held sufficient to support a finding that a certain tract of land was levied on and sold by the sheriff, although the execution alleged to have been levied, and the execution docket in use at the time, were both lost.</p>