Phillips v. Moore
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern District of Texas. Tbis was an action by Moore against Phillips and Hancock to recover possession of a tract of land in Texas. There was a finding and judgment against tbe defendants, who thereupon sued out tbis writ of error. Tbe facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This is an action to recover the possession of one-fourth of a league of land, situated in the county of Wharton, in the State of Texas. , The plaintiff claims the land under a grant of the State of Coahuilá and Texas, made in April, 1833, to one John Dinsmore, a colonist, under the contract with the Empresario Stephen Austin. The defendants assert title to it under a previous grant from that State, made in August, 1824, to one Bartlett Sims, a similar, colonist. No question is raised as to the genuineness or validity of this grant to Sims, which was for one league; but, in May, 1828, he sold…
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