Brown v. Perez
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Atascosa County. Action of trespass to try title by heir of original grantee against defendants holding under a deed from original grantee, the genuineness-of which was attacked.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWH, Associate Justice.
Jesus Perez sued J. H. Brown and others, plaintiffs in error, to recover a league and labor of land situated in Atascosa County, granted by the State of Texas to the heirs of Diego Perez. Defendants below pleaded not guilty. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff.
Ho question is made that plaintiff Jesus Perez is the only heir of Diego Perez. Defendants hold under a regular chain of transfers from A. Superville and claim that A. Superville acquired title to the land by a transfer of the certificate, by virtue of which it was located, made to him by the plaintiff…
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