Bunn v. City of Laredo

This was a suit in trespass to try title in which T. A. Bunn, plaintiff below, sought to recover of the city of Laredo, defendant below, four blocks of land within the limits of said city. The cause was tried without a jury, and judgment was rendered in favor of defendant, which judgment the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. 208 S.W. 675.

*427The controlling facts in the case are: The town of Laredo, of which defendant is the legal successor, was established hy the crown of Spain about the year 1767, at which time the Spanish government granted to the town some 10,000 acres of land for a town site.…