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  • Land office weighs ownership of 4,600 acres

    12/17/2003 10:21:55 AM PST · by WinOne4TheGipper · 84 replies · 275+ views
    AP via the American- Statesman ^ | 12/17/03 | Lisa Falkenberg
    -- For decades, Lynn Godwin split his time between two jobs: one at a welding plant and the other on his land, where he baled hay, tended cows and nursed 50 acres. "He used to pass by and say, `I own that.' And we'd say, `Yeah, you do,' " said his 70-year-old wife, Marvin, who was named after her father. Now she can't be sure. In September, Marvin Godwin opened a certified letter telling her that the East Texas land might not belong to her husband; it might belong to the state. The Godwins are among the 1,800 land and...