Cuellar v. Dewitt

FLY, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellee to try title to 160 acres of land in Bexar County. Appellant pleaded not guilty and the statute of limitations of three, five, and ten years.

We deduce from the record the proof of the following facts, to-wit:

1. On May 2, 1871, Jose Musquiz, applicant, and Isabel Rodriquez and Ildefonso Leal, witnesses, made a sworn application for pre-emption and designation of land under an act approved August 12, 1870.

2. On the 28th of December, 1874, affidavit was made by the three last above named, before the district clerk of Bexar County, that…