Zarate v. Villareal
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Brooks County; W. B. Hopkins, Judge. Trespass to try title by Juan Zarate and others against Antonio Villareal and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoursund, J.
This is a suit in trespass to try title, instituted by Juan Zarate and Damasio Zarate for themselves individually, and as attorney in fact for 19 others, against Antonio Villareal and 19 others to recover 10,619.23 acres, undivided, out of a tract of land containing about three leagues, situated in Brooks county, Tex., and known as La Alameda, Pilar Zarate y Bayerena original grantee and patentee, and to cancel a certain instrument designated a partition deed.
Plaintiffs alleged, the patenting of the La Alameda tract to Pilar Zarate y Bayerena by the state of Texas in 1881, and the recording…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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