The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1953 Page: 3 of 8
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rasbyton Men Involved In Floyd:
" Vacancy Suit Filed at Austin
A strip of land shallower than
[ordinary town 1<* Wis locked
I entire community into a dis-
Ite that ostensibly could mean
nrfreds of thousands of dol-
^ tn 90 or more land owners,
Jftes Kenneth May in Sunday's
Ibbock Avalanche-Journal.
he narrow strip, located in
r nkeview Community seven
lies southeast of Floydada in
Inotentially oil-rich area, Jias
Vn filed'on by a San Angelo
If" who claims discrepancies
fold land surveys left the land
tally unclaimed. ^ v
Hearing Set Jan. 30 —
hearing has been tentatively
heduled by the State Land
ard in Austin on Jan. 30 to de-
ic legality ol the claim. If
Eboard rules there Is .
Inrv-' in the land, established
tvaertv lines throughout the
Immunity will be le-ally mov-
I Result of this would be for
ent land , owners, to find
lads running through their
Ems, irrigation wells "moved"
hto their neighbor's land, and
Lees running through one
Lan's property instead of separ-
W his land from that of his
kghbor.
fm some cases, a farmer would
nd his home sitting at least
partially on someone else's land.
Many Longtime Residents
Floyd County Surveyor Walter
Newell said that Bob Reid, for-
merly of Tulia and now of San
Angelo, filed appl4cation for the
land last May 31, but the situa-
tion didn't come to light until
recently.
"Some of those fellows have
been living on the same place
for 30 or 40 years," said Homer
Steen of the Floyd County Hes-
perian. "Now they're told there's
a chance their land isn't where
they've always thought it was."
Steen said the disputed * area
js located a short distance from
the "discovery" Minnie Adams
Well No. 1, in the Lakeview com-
munity. The well was declared a
producer last May 29, two days
before the application on the
disputed land was filed.
The disputed strip is 89 feet
wide and extends in a north-
south direction for about one
Technically, it. ie located
on the west side of the J. T. Ball
Survey and of Section 32, AB&M
Survey, Floyd county. In all, the
strip contains about 10.75 acres.
But the strip' itself isn't what's
worrying Lakeview citizens.
What does worry them is 'the
possibility boundaries of their
farms will be legally moved 89
feet eastward.
George W. McCleskey, partner
C. ML Lodal Oil Co
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~ CROSBYTON, TEXAS
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Butane & Propane
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Sinclair Pennsylvania and Opaline Motor Oils
in thl Lubbock law firm of Nel-
son and McCleskey, which has
been retained by the property
owners in the case, explained it
this way;
"The area around the disputed
land slopes southeastward. Thus
farmers have drilled their irriga-
tion wells in the extreme north-
west corners of their property. If
boundaries should be moved,
these wells would be on neigh-
bor's property—But they would'
n't do the neighbor any good be-
cause he couldn't get the water
to run uphill onto his farm."
Claims Surveys Didn't Meet
Also, should the Land Board
uphold Reid's claim, roads wouW
be running through farms in-
stead of separating them. Lake-
view, School property also would
be affected.
Reid bases his claim on the
cohtention that two separate
land surveys made in the area a
half century ago didn't meet. On
one side, the land was surveyed
by "tying" it to an establish "per--
manent marker. On the other
side, a separate survey tied ad-
joining land to a different mark-
er. ■ /' • ,
The San AngelO man contends
that, in reality, the two surveys
didn't join, ~He~says; in effect,
that one surveyor made a mis-
take of 89 feet, establishing sec-
tion lines just that much off
course, and leaving, legally, that
wide a strip of unclaimed land.
If the Land, Board upholds the
contention, the disputed land
will be put up for sale, with ad-
joining land owners getting the
first shot at buying it. Reid
would still get a percentage of
the mineral rights, however. But
even that won't solve the pro-
blem as far as the land owners
are concerned. •• **=—
May Recognize Lines
McCleskey -explained that by
declaring a vacancy, the Land
Board will legally move'all sec-
tion-line boundaries which were
established by "tying" them to
the old Eddy Sparks Survey —
commonly known as the Four-
Section Pasture—in 1901.
About 50 sections of land —
and 80 or more owners—would
be affected. The property owners
hope that the-Land Board, in-
stead of declaring a vacancy,
will recognize boundary lines to
be upon the ground as usage,
improvements and roads have
indicated them.to.be for the past
50 years or more.
And they intend to carry their
fight all the way to the board.
When they first heard of the sit-
uation last month, they imme-
diately held a mass meeting in
the Lakeview School. A steering
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With grateful hearts, we acknowledge the
many nice compliments which we received
Saturday on our new bank premises. We
are indeed thankful that so many of you
showed your interest by attending our op-
ening.
Thanks also to those who sent the many
beautiful flowers^and those who assisted us
in any way at the open house.
We will continvie our (efforts in the future
to give you the kind of banking service that
you of this area deserve. '. " . ~
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committee composed of Earl
Crawford and L. L. Jones of Floy-
dada and John Himmel of Cros-
byt&n was selected.
At a later meeting, the com-
mittee recommended that a law
firm be retained to represent
them. Now, the property owners
pi&n to send a large difTegailun
to Austin for the Jan. 30 hear-
ing before the Land Board.
Besides the land owners, sev-
eral holders of oil leases are af-
fected by the dispute. Property
owners feel that one result of
the dispute will be to halt any
further oil development of the
region until boundary lines are
settled once and for all.
Until it is settled, the Lake-
view farmer can't be legally cer-
THE REVIEW
Published Weekly on Thursdays
at Crosbyton, Crosby Co., Texas.
W. H. CURRT j
Editor and Owner
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Crosbyton, Texas, under the act
of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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tain whether he's working his
own farm or that of his neighbor.
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Mr. and Mrs. Nathan McClain
were recent visitors with rela-
tives. in. Roby._an^Sweetwater.
Billy Wayne Freeman, who is
in the Navy stationed on the
Horace A. Bass arrived Monday
for a visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Freeman.
Their daughter, T/Sgt. Linne M.
Freeman who is stationed at Mo-
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This is the first time since 1944
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Curry, W. H. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1953, newspaper, January 15, 1953; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth256536/m1/3/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.