State v. Sais
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. Pedro Sais brought this suit against the state of Texas, under the act of August 15, 1870, for a confirmation of title to three leagues of land situated in Starr county. He claimed as part owner and one of the heirs of Juan Jose Sais, deceased.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. Pedro Sais brought this suit against the state of Texas, under the act of August 15, 1870, for a confirmation of title to three leagues of land situated in Starr county. He claimed as part owner and one of the heirs of Juan Jose Sais, deceased. The case made is that Juan Jose Sais, father of appellee, was in possession of the land in 1832, and in the fall of that year he denounced the same as grazing lands, and applied to the alcalde of Camargo for such preliminary action as was necessary to secure the grant; that everything…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.
This suit was brought under the act entitled “An act to ascertain and adjudicate certain claims for land against the state, situated between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers,” approved August 15, 1870.
The object of the suit is to secure the confirmation of an imperfect title to three leagues of land situated in Starr countju Whatever right appellee has to the land in controversy accrued under the colonization laws of the state of Tamaulipas, of December 15, 1826, and had its inception in 1832.
For a full discussion of the object, scope and construction of the act of 1870,…
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