State of Texas v. Gallardo
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The State sued Gallardo and others in trespass to try title. Judgment for defendants was, on plaintiff’s appeal, affirmed in part, and in part reversed and rendered. Appellant then obtained a writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The suit was an action by the State in trespass to 'try title against Jose L. Gallardo and numerous other defendants, to recover two leagues of land in Hidalgo. County, referred to in the petition as all of the certain tract known as “Los Ejidos” that lies on the north side of the Rio Grande River. W. A. Boswell, L. D. Brooks, J. P. McDonald and F. Spaeth were included as defendants under an allegation that they were asserting some character of claim to the land, which, according to their answer, was a claim of right to have the land awarded them by the State based upon applications to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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