Jones v. McMasters Ex Rel. Ybarba
Supreme Court of the United States
This ease was brought up, by writ of error, from tbe District Court of the United States for the district of Texas. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.. The principal question in the case was, whether Catherine McMasters was a citizen of Mexico or of Texas.
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This ease was brought up, by writ of error, from tbe District Court of the United States for the district of Texas. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.. The principal question in the case was, whether Catherine McMasters was a citizen of Mexico or of Texas. The arguments of the counsel upon this point were as follows: Mr. Hale’s first point was this: The District Court should not have sustained the demurrer to the plea to the jurisdiction pleaded by John R. Tally. It appeared by the allegations of that plea that the plaintiff was, at the time of the institution of the suit, a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is a writ of error to the District'Court of the United States, possessing Circuit Court powers, held, in and for the district of Texas. ....
This suit was brought in the court below by Catherine Mcr Masters, to recoyer the possession of a tract of land in the county of Goliad, in the forks of the San Antonio river and the Cabaza creek, containing four leagues of land. Four of the defendants put in a plea of not guilty. At a subsequent day, John R. Tally was allowed to come in and defend as landlord of Lott, one of the defendants. Whereupon, he put in a plea to the jurisdiction of the…
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