De La Vega v. League
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Stewart. This suit was brought in 1874 by Esther Y. League and her children, heirs of Thomas M. League, against John W. Lapsley, the heirs of T. B. Goldsby, W. Plattenberg, T. J. Frow, the heirs of J. L. Price, Simon Mussina, H. B. Yard, Geo.
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Stewart. This suit was brought in 1874 by Esther Y. League and her children, heirs of Thomas M. League, against John W. Lapsley, the heirs of T. B. Goldsby, W. Plattenberg, T. J. Frow, the heirs of J. L. Price, Simon Mussina, H. B. Yard, Geo. Butler and Tomas de La Yega, and was consolidated with a suit against Thomas M. League and John C. Watrous, brought by John W. Lapsley to recover on a note for $4,533. It was alleged that prior to July 9, 1850, when that note was given, League made a contract for the purchase of the La Yega…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
The first question for our consideration arises upon the action of the court below in dismissing Mussina and La Yega from the cause.
They were originally brought into this case as claimants of the Watrous interest in the La Yega eleven-league grant. Watrous was one of the signers of the Lapsley contract, upon which this suit was founded, and either he, or those claiming under him by legitimate title, owned an interest to the extent of one-fourth of the land sought to be partitioned subject to the liens with which it was legally incumbered.
It appeared from the allegations…
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