City of Victoria v. Victoria County
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District in an appeal from Victoria County. Action was brought by the city of Victoria and it obtained writ of error on the affirmance by the Court of Civil Appeals of a judgment in favor of defendant Victoria County.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
As will appear from a former report of this case (100 Texas, 438), it involves the title to a square of land in the city of Victoria. The-decision upon the other appeal establishes the propositions, that the title was vested in the city by patent issued to it in 1841 under authority of the Act of Congress of that year; that this title has not been lost by limitation; and that such right as the county has must be derived from dedication made to it by the city of a part or parts of the ground for use as sites for a courthouse, a jail and a clerk’s office. That decision further holds the law of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Gregsten v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. People ex rel. City of ElginIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- City of Victoria v. Victoria CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1907
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