Davidson v. Ryle
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Jefferson County. Action by Reuben Ryle and others against John Davidson and others, for the recovery of land. There was a verdict and judgment for defendants and plaintiffs appealed.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Jefferson County. Action by Reuben Ryle and others against John Davidson and others, for the recovery of land. There was a verdict and judgment for defendants and plaintiffs appealed. The Appellate Court reversed the judgment and, because of the insufficiency of the evidence to show that the junior title, under which defendants held, was that of an innocent purchaser for value, as against the older unrecorded conveyance, under which it was claimed by plaintiff^, rendered judgment for appellants. Appellees then…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This suit involved the title to the west half of a league and labor of land situated in Jefferson County, Texas, the grant to which was0 issued by Jorge Antonio Nixon, Special Commissioner for the Mexican Government, oh the 37th day of May, 1835, to Manuel Chireno as a colonist in Zavalla’s colony.
Plaintiffs and defendants all claim title under Chireno. The title to the plaintiffs below was deraigned from the grantee through these conveyances:(1) An act of sale before Louis Ruiz, «Judge of the first instance of the town of Nacogdoches, Texas, on the 15th day of September, 1839 (1835) whereby…
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