Sheldon v. Milmo
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal from Webb County. The action was trespass to try title, brought by Sheldon against Milmo and others in District Court of Webb County, to recover a tract of land there situated. Plaintiff claimed under the Spanish grant set out in the opinion of the court; defendants under patents from the State of Texas.
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal from Webb County. The action was trespass to try title, brought by Sheldon against Milmo and others in District Court of Webb County, to recover a tract of land there situated. Plaintiff claimed under the Spanish grant set out in the opinion of the court; defendants under patents from the State of Texas. The case was tried without a jury, the trial court making special findings of fact and law and holding the grant, under which plaintiff claimed, t-o be void for want of approval by the intendente of the province. Defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by the plaintiff in error against defendants in error to recover a portion of a tract of land, claimed by the former under an alleged Spanish grant. The defendants claimed title by virtue of certain patents issued by the State of Texas.
The case was tried without a jury, and resulted in a judgment in favor of the defendants. There was an appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals upon the conclusions of fact and law filed in the trial court,—no statement of facts having been prepared and made a part of the record. The Court…
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