Jones v. Garza
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bexar. Suit by appellants to recover from the appellees four leagues of land, fronting on the Guadalupe river, comprehending the Gomal spring, and the town of New Braunfels. The plaintiffs claimed title by virtue of a Spanish concession, issued in favor of the Baron de Bastrop, in December, A. D., 1807, by Cordero, Colonel commanding at the Post of Bexar, and also acting as Civil and Political Governor of Texas.
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Appeal from Bexar. Suit by appellants to recover from the appellees four leagues of land, fronting on the Guadalupe river, comprehending the Gomal spring, and the town of New Braunfels. The plaintiffs claimed title by virtue of a Spanish concession, issued in favor of the Baron de Bastrop, in December, A. D., 1807, by Cordero, Colonel commanding at the Post of Bexar, and also acting as Civil and Political Governor of Texas. In this concession, the party was referred to the Intendant at San Louis Potosí for a confirmation of it. On the 8th of June, 1824, the Baron de Bastrop presented his…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
The appellants in this Court, broifght suit in the Court below, against the defendants, to recover four leagues of land. In support of their'title, they relied on a grant issued by Jose Antonio Sancedo, Yocal Primero of the Most Illustrious Deputation, and Political Chief, ad interim, of the Province of Texas, on the 8th of June, A. D., 1824, to the Baron Bastrop. In the Court below, after hearing the evidence, a jury was waived by the parties, and the case was submitted to the Judge, on the facts and the law. The judgment was for the defendants, from which the plaintiffs appealed. As the…
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