Hanrick v. Dodd
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Williamson. Tried below before D. W. Doom, Esq., Special Judge. This case involved the validity of the same grant to eleven leagues of land situated in the colony of Austin & Williams (now in Williamson county) which was involved in the case of Hanrick v. Cavanaugh, 60 Tex., 1. Reference is made to the very lengthy statement deemed necessary in that case for a more clear understanding of this.
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Appeal from Williamson. Tried below before D. W. Doom, Esq., Special Judge. This case involved the validity of the same grant to eleven leagues of land situated in the colony of Austin & Williams (now in Williamson county) which was involved in the case of Hanrick v. Cavanaugh, 60 Tex., 1. Reference is made to the very lengthy statement deemed necessary in that case for a more clear understanding of this. The appellant relied on the protocol or act of possession of a grant for eleven leagues of land to Rafael de Aguirre. In this case Dodd, the defendant, claimed one hundred and sixty acres of…
1Opinion of the Court
Gooch, Special Judge.
This action, which is in the usual form of trespass to try title, was brought in the district court of Williamson county, on the 12th day of November, A. D. 1877, by E. G. Hanrick, appellant, against W. A. Dodd, appellee. Appellant claimed title under an eleven-league grant, purporting to have been extended by Luke Lesassier, alcalde of the municipality of San Felipe de Austin, to Bafael de Aguirre, on the 22d day of October, A. D. 1833. The appellee Dodd answered by a plea of not guilty, and set up other defenses, which need not be stated. To the instrument evidencing…
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