Legal Opinion

Donaho v. Coit

Texas Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1841No. XXXPublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Liberty County.

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHINSON, Justioe.—The

appellee filed his petition against the appellants, asserting title in a league of land in Tarquenton’s prairie between the Trinidad and San Jacinto; that his title began by occupancy as a frontier settler, which was consummated by a grant from Charles S. Taylor, special commissioner for putting into possession and issuing titles to settlers on the frontier; that the appellants by collusion and fraud procured a grant for the same league; and praying decree for the land and that the adverse title should be canceled. There were plea, •nswer in chief, and response to…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Braidfoot v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1881

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