Clay's Heirs v. Holbert
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Burleson. Action of trespass to try title, by appellants against appellee, commenced in Milam county; venue changed to Burleson.
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Appeal from Burleson. Action of trespass to try title, by appellants against appellee, commenced in Milam county; venue changed to Burleson. Plaintiff’s title as follows: Petition to the Governor by Juan Jose Acosta, dated Nacogdoches, Sept. 28,1830, for a sale of eleven sitios of land, “with “ the prerogative of taking them united or separated, as may “ be more proper for my interest, remaining bound to pay the “ dues imposed by the law of colonization of the 24th March, “ in the 22d Article.” Concession “ according to the 24th Article of the law of colonization of the 24th of March, 1825,”…
1Per curiam
This was a suit to recover land. The facts *200were agreed upon, and it was agreed that if the Judge should be of the opinion, that the law of the case was with the plaintiffs, that he should give judgment that they should have the land sued for and one cent damage ; and if he should believe the law to be against the plaintiffs, he should give judgment accordingly against them. The Judge gave a judgment in favor of the defendant, from which judgment the plaintiffs appealed.
The title claimed by the plaintiffs was for a part of an eleven league grant to a Mexican, by purchase. The title is in the…
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