Legal Opinion

Marks v. Sambrano

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 22, 1914No. 306PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; A. M. Walthall, Judge. Action by H. • C. Marks against E. Sam-brano and another. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

HARPER, O. J.

Appellant, H. C. Marks, as plaintiff, sued E. Sambrano and Santos Lucero as defendants, for title and possession of certain land situated in El Paso county. Plaintiff alleged that he owned in fee simple'á tract of land which, at the time he purchased same, did not abut upon the Rio Grande river, but that between his tract of land and the Rio Grande river was a tract of land owned by defendant Sambrano, which latter tract abutted upon the Rio Grande river; that thereafter, by erosion, the Rio Grande river destroyed the Sambrano tract and a large part of the tract belonging to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jefferis v. East Omaha Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Nebraska v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. St. Louis v. RutzSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Mulry v. . NortonNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  5. Denny v. CottonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1893

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Southwestern Portland Cement Co. v. KezerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  2. Shaw v. Centerfield Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  3. Siddall v. HudsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
  4. Siddall v. HudsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918

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