Luter v. Mayfield
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Karnes. Tried below before the Hon. M. P. Norton. This suit was brought by the appellant against the appellee, for the recovery of thirteen and a half labors of land in the county of Karnes. The facts are not necessary to be stated further than they appear in the opinion. Verdict and judgment below for the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
We are of opinion that the court below did not err in sustaining the objection made by the defendants to the admissibility of the evidence offered by the plaintiff to show that Ramon Musquiz, the original grantee of the land, and the person under whom defendants claimed, left Texas in 1835 or 1836, and went to Mondova in the State of Coahuila, “ which evidence,” in the language of the bill of exceptions, “ was for the purpose of showing that the title of defendants was extinguished and defeated by the breach of the conditions of the grant.” The question presented is not an open one in this…
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