Von Rosenberg v. Cuellar

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by W. von Rosenberg, in form of trespass to try title, to recover a tract of land in Encinal County, consisting of seventeen surveys of twelve hundred and eighty acres each, located and surveyed by virtue of seventeen land scrips for twelve hundred and eighty acres of land each, instituted in the District Court of Webb County, to which Encinal County is attached for judicial purposes, on the 7th day of September, 1887. The defendants claimed the land as a Mexican grant, setting up their claim of title in their answer.

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