State v. Andrews
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Cass. Tried below before the Hon. William W. Morris. Suit by defendant in error, as assignee of Isaac A. Jones, to establish a certificate for a league and labor of land, recommended by the Travelling Board upon condition that when the boundary line between Texas and the United States should be run, said Jones should prove to have been a resident of Texas. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff.
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Error from Cass. Tried below before the Hon. William W. Morris. Suit by defendant in error, as assignee of Isaac A. Jones, to establish a certificate for a league and labor of land, recommended by the Travelling Board upon condition that when the boundary line between Texas and the United States should be run, said Jones should prove to have been a resident of Texas. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The Act of 28th August, 1856, referred to in the Opinion, took effect from its passage. Motion by defendant in error to strike the case from the docket.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The Act of the 30th of November, 1850, in its first Section, provided that “ all cases where land titles are involved, taken up from the District Courts to the Supreme Court, *231when the State of Texas is a party, shall be returnable to the Supreme Court holding its sessions at the city of Austin.” (Laws of the 3d Legislature, Ch. 12, Sec. 1.) The Act of the 28th of August, 1856, amends the former Act by providing that its first Section “ shall hereafter read as follows,” &c., proceeding to re-enact some of its provisions, and among them that which makes causes determined in the county in which…
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