Ogden v. Lund
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Starr. The petition was filed February 20th, 1851. The act complained of was done in February, 1847. The cause was tried at the Spring Term, 1853. The other facts will be found in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
This suit was brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error. The petition sets forth that on the first day of March, 1847, petitioner was in the legal possession of the ferry across the mouth of the Rio Grande, established by the County Court of ¡Nueces county, and was regularly licensed by the said Court to run the said ferry, and that, while he was running the ferry, the defendant, Ogden, *689who was then Assistant Quarter Master of the United States army, in charge of the Quarter Master’s depot at the mouth of the Rio Grande, and ex offieio commander of the detachment there…
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