Haynes v. State of Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The state sued defendants in trespass to try title, and recovered judgment. They appealed, and, on affirmance, obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The State of Texas sued Leonard Haynes to recover five leagues of land situated between Nueces River and the lower Rio Grande, Avhich is Avithin the limits of the territory of the State of Tamaulipas as it existed prior to the Texas Revolution. The land was surveyed for the State in 1884, and there is, of course, no question of the State’s right to it unless the plaintiff in. error has shown a right to the land which originated at a date prior to the 19th day of December, 1836, and which right is protected by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo between the United States…
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