State v. De Leon
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Bichardson. Appellees instituted this suit January 9, 1877, against the state of Texas, under the act of August 15, 1870, to secure the confirmation of what was claimed to be an imperfect title to five and a fraction leagues of land situated in Hidalgo county.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Bichardson. Appellees instituted this suit January 9, 1877, against the state of Texas, under the act of August 15, 1870, to secure the confirmation of what was claimed to be an imperfect title to five and a fraction leagues of land situated in Hidalgo county. It was claimed that Jose Antonio Leal de Leon, the ancestor of appellees, applied for the land on the 3d day of November, 1833, to the authorities of the village of Beynosa, in accordance with the colonization laws of the state of Tamaulipas, then in force; that the denouncement was…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
At the Tyler term, 1883, this court adopted the opinion of the commissioners of appeals reported to us in this case, reversing the judgment of the court below, and rendering a judgment in this court in favor of the state of Texas. Subsequently a motion for rehearing was filed by the appellee, asking us to reconsider our former decision and affirm the judgment of the district court.
It was correctly held in the opinion of the commissioners that in this case the matter of procuring the land for which De Leon had made application “ had progressed to the termination of the…
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