Grande v. Herrera

Hemphill, Ch. J.

This is a suit to recover a lot of land in the city of San Antonio. The plaintiffs claim as the heirs of their grand father, Jnan Antonio Padilla,—and of his wife, their grand mother, Maria Polonia Montes de Padilla. The defendants rely upon a purchase at a sale by the administrator of the said Juan and Maria Padilla, said sale being made and confirmed by an order of the Probate Court, and upon a confirmation of the said sale by the acts of the plaintiffs giving the person who acted as adminissrator the power to sell and receiving at least a portion of the purchase money. The…