ALICE STATE BANK V. HOUSTON PASTURE CO., 247 U. S. 240 (1918)
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Alice State Bank v. Houston Pasture Co., 247 U.S. 240 (1918)
Alice State Bank v. Houston Pasture Company
No. 154
Argued January 24, 1918
Decided June 3, 1918
247 U.S. 240
Syllabus
Upon a review by certiorari, the Court confines its discussion to the matter relied on in procuring the writ.
An enclosure bounded on three sides by a fence and on the fourth by deep water (Nueces Bay) will sustain a claim of adverse possession under Rev.Stats., Texas, Art. 5674, if the other elements -- claim under registered deeds, payment of taxes, pasturing of cattle and exclusion of others -- are also present.
227 F.1d 15 reversed.
The case is stated in the opinion.