Blow v. Heirs of De La Garza
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Victoria. Tried below before the Hon. T. C. Barden. Suit in. trespass to try title, instituted in August, 1854, by Holliday against A. H. Cromwell et ah, to recover two leagues of land on San Antonio River. Holliday in liis petition set up title to one-fourtli of the two leagues, granted by the Empressarios, Power and Hewitson, in 1834, to Santiago Serna and Lazaro Serna.
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Error from Victoria. Tried below before the Hon. T. C. Barden. Suit in. trespass to try title, instituted in August, 1854, by Holliday against A. H. Cromwell et ah, to recover two leagues of land on San Antonio River. Holliday in liis petition set up title to one-fourtli of the two leagues, granted by the Empressarios, Power and Hewitson, in 1834, to Santiago Serna and Lazaro Serna. In 1856 the case was tried as to A. H. Cromwell, W. Beaumont, and Williams, three of the defendants, and a judgment was rendered for defendants, from which Holliday appealed. This court reversed the judgment of…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, C. J.
The transcript of the record does not show what has become of this suit so far as Holliday, the original plaintiff, is concerned. The intervenors, Blow and Morris, who claim an undivided interest in the league- of land in controversy, and who failed in their suit, have alone brought the ease into this court, in this proceeding, by writ of error. The defendants below, the heirs of M. de la Garza, claim under the statutes of limitation, and also set up an outstanding title in another person (Davis), and obtained a verdict and judgment in their favor.
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