Legal Opinion
Filipos v. Chouke
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 10, 1931No. 5346PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Commissioner CRITZ
delivered the opinion of the court.
The record in this case discloses the following: Chris Chouke is the owner of certain land on Galveston Island. This title is held by Chouke by mesne conveyances from Jones and Hall, to whom it was originally patented on November 28, 1840. This patent was validated by act of the Legislature of Texas passed February 8, 1854. Gammel’s Laws of Texas, vol. 4, p. 125. The validating act in question reads as follows:
“An Act to confirm the patent issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office to Levi Jones and Edward Hall, on the…
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