Ayers v. Watson, 137 U.S. 584 (1891)
U.S. Supreme Court
Ayers v. Watson, 137 U.S. 584 (1891)
Ayers v. Watson
No. 1356
Argued December 4, 1890
Decided January 5, 1891
137 U.S. 584
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
Syllabus
The allowance of an amendment to an application for the removal of a cause from a state Court, if allowable at all, is a matter of discretion, to which error cannot be assigned.
When the monuments and other landmarks upon a tract of land in Texas correspond in part with the field notes of the survey, and in part either do not conform to it or cannot be found, the footsteps of the original surveyor may be traced backward as well as forward, and any ascertained monument in the survey may be adopted as a starting point for its recovery.