De Leon v. White
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Victoria. The facts will he found in the opinion of the court. Tiie briefs are omitted because they were confined to the discussion of questions which were decided in Bissell ». Haynes, and to the question of fraud — nothing upon the point of want of power in tiie commissioner.
1Opinion of the Court
-Lipscomb, J.
Tiie appellant brought his suit in tiie court below to recover possession of a quarter of a league of land granted by the authorities of tiie State of Coahuila and Texas to Francisco De Leon, as one of the colonists of Martin Do Leon’s colony. It is alleged that the said Francisco is dead, and that tiie plaintiff is his father and only heir. There was a verdict for tiie defendant, and the plain-tiff appealed.
The fact of (lie death of Francisco De Leon, the grantee, and that tiie plaintiff is his only heir, is fully established by tiie evidence. The deed upon its face is in the.…
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