Timon v. Whitehead
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from. San Patricio. Tried below before the Hon. D. P. Marr. , This "was a suit of trespass to try title, brought by Whitehead against John Timón, to recover a third of a league of land described in a patent issued to Hiram Riggs. Timón claimed that the land was part of a colonial grant issued to Juan de la Garza.
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Appeal from. San Patricio. Tried below before the Hon. D. P. Marr. , This "was a suit of trespass to try title, brought by Whitehead against John Timón, to recover a third of a league of land described in a patent issued to Hiram Riggs. Timón claimed that the land was part of a colonial grant issued to Juan de la Garza. It was admitted that the appellee, Whitehead, was the owner of whatever right was acquired by the patent to Eiggs, and that the appellant, Timón, was the owner of the Juan de la Garza grant of one league. Whitehead contended that his location was not in conflict with the Garza…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
The appellee claimed the land in controversy under a patent to Hiram Riggs, dated July 10, 1879, and appellant claimed it under two Mexican grants, one to the town of San Patricio, of four leagues as an ejidos, and the other of a league to Juan de la Garza. The validity of these several original titles was not in dispute; and a regular chain of title to the Riggs survey was shown in appellee, and to the Juan de la Garza grant in appellant. The conveyance from the corporation of San Patricio to Timón of a portion of its ejidos was made upon condition that a suit then…
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