Texas Mexican Railway Co. v. Uribe
Texas Supreme Court
The opinion in Von Rosenberg v. Haynes et al. (ante, page 357), contains a statement of the facts, and a discussion of the questions arising upon the competency and relevancy of the documentary evidence relied upon to sustain the Borrego title. This title is also involved in this case. Both cases involve the sufficiency of the testimony to establish a grant in favor of Borrego.
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The opinion in Von Rosenberg v. Haynes et al. (ante, page 357), contains a statement of the facts, and a discussion of the questions arising upon the competency and relevancy of the documentary evidence relied upon to sustain the Borrego title. This title is also involved in this case. Both cases involve the sufficiency of the testimony to establish a grant in favor of Borrego. In this case the further question is raised, but not decided, whether an action in trespass to try title can be sustained upon certified copies from the Land Office of the original certificate, of the location, and…
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by appellant to recover of appellees sixty-two sections of land of 640 acres each, lying in ZapataoCounty. The suit was originally instituted in the District Court of that county, but was transferred to the District Court of Webb County. The defendants pleaded not guilty.
The plaintiff claimed title by locations and surveys of the several parcels of land sued for, made for it by virtue of certain alternate certificates issued to it by the State. To maintain its title, it offered in evidence certified copies from the…
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