Adams & Wicks v. House
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from San Saba. Tried beloxv before the Hon. John C. Townes. Trespass to try title to three surveys of land in San Saba county, instituted by T. W. House ei al. J. De Cordova owned three German Emigration Co. premium land certificates, Nos. 7, 8 and 9, which issued February 28, 1855, and were located upon land in Fisher and Miller’s colony, then in Bexar land district, now in the county of San Saba.
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Appeal from San Saba. Tried beloxv before the Hon. John C. Townes. Trespass to try title to three surveys of land in San Saba county, instituted by T. W. House ei al. J. De Cordova owned three German Emigration Co. premium land certificates, Nos. 7, 8 and 9, which issued February 28, 1855, and were located upon land in Fisher and Miller’s colony, then in Bexar land district, now in the county of San Saba. J. De Cordova conveyed these certificates, and the lands located or to be located thereby, to Victor Considerant, of Dallas county, by a full warranty deed, dated January 12, 1856, and duly…
1Opinion of the Court
West, Associate Justice.—
Under previous decisions of this court, in cases where the defense of outstanding title was set up, it must, in this case, be held that, under the facts disclosed in evidence, properly admitted, too, under the plea of not guilty, the appellants showed a valid outstanding title superior to the appellees to the locus in quo existing in Victor Considerant, derived from the same source as that of the appellees. Mann v. Falcon, 25 Tex., 274; Walker v. Emerson, 20 Tex., 710; Stroud v. Springfield, 28 Tex., 651; King v. Elson, 30 Tex., 252; 1 vol. Pasch. Dig. of Laws of…
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