Roibal v. Giron

Appellants brought this action of trespass to try title seeking to recover 70.77 acres of land situate in El Paso county, part of four leagues of land granted to the inhabitants of the town of San Eli-zario by an act of the Legislature dated February 5, 1853. Sp. Laws 1853, p. 8; Gam-mel’s Laws, p. 1362.

The facts as disclosed by the record are that, pursuant to the act mentioned, the Commissioner of the General Land Office on March 8, 1853, issued a patent granting to the inhabitants of the town of Presidio de San Elizario the above-mentioned four leagues of land. The town of Elizario was…