Hanrick v. Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas. Edward Haurick, a citizen of Alabama, in December, 1860, brought two actions of trespass to try title, in the nature of actions of ejectment, in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas, for the reeovery of eleven leagues of land in Falls County, in that State, alleged to have been granted by the proper officers of the State of Coahuila and Texas to one Atanacio de la Serda, and…
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Error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas. Edward Haurick, a citizen of Alabama, in December, 1860, brought two actions of trespass to try title, in the nature of actions of ejectment, in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas, for the reeovery of eleven leagues of land in Falls County, in that State, alleged to have been granted by the proper officers of the State of Coahuila and Texas to one Atanacio de la Serda, and claimed by the plaintiff as owner in fee. The original plaintiff' having died, the present plaintiff was admitted to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
stated the case in its different parts, as it arose on the exceptions, in their order, aud delivered the opinion of- the court.
The first aud second bills relate to certain rulings upon replications proffered by the plaintiff to the pleas of the statute of limitations. As these became immaterial from' the final view which the court below took-of the case, which relieved the defendants from relying on the statutes of limitation, we will consider the other bills:
The plaintiff produced in evidence a properly certified and translated copy-from the General Land Office of the following title-papers,…
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