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· 7/19/1978

Howland v. Hough

Citations

  • 570 S.W.2d 876
  • 21 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 505
  • 1978 Tex. LEXIS 387

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • grant presumed where plaintiff’s 10 chain of title to a tract of land showed continuous record conveyances except for a gap from 1845 to 1878
  • “It is an established rule that the footsteps of the surveyor shall, if possible, be followed, and natural or artificial monuments are to be accepted as controlling over calls for course and distance.”

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Judges: Denton, Greenhill, McGee, Daniel

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