Norton v. Mitchell
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Bexar. The plaintiffs in error, claiming under title by patent from the Government of the Bepublic of Texas, brought their action against the defendants in error to recover possession and quiet their title to certain parcels of land lying within the old Mission of Concepcion, which were occupied and claimed by the defendants by virtue of titles granted by the Mexican Government to them or to those through whom they claimed in 1823, after the Mission of Concepcion…
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Error from Bexar. The plaintiffs in error, claiming under title by patent from the Government of the Bepublic of Texas, brought their action against the defendants in error to recover possession and quiet their title to certain parcels of land lying within the old Mission of Concepcion, which were occupied and claimed by the defendants by virtue of titles granted by the Mexican Government to them or to those through whom they claimed in 1823, after the Mission of Concepcion was laid in ordinary. A jury was waived and the cause submitted to the Court. The plaintiffs gave in evidence a patent…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
The most material point presented by the appellants’ counsel, is the power of Saneedo to grant lands in his official character as Political Chief of the Department of Bexar, in 1823. This question was the main one in Jones v. Garza, (11 Tex. R. 186.) In that case, on the law and the evidence presented by the record, we decided that the Political Chief had no such power; and if the same question was presented in this case, we would regard it as settled, being fully satisfied with its correctness; but the appellee denies that it can be raised in the case; that the record does not show that it…
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