State v. Cardinas
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J„ P. Richardson. This is one of a large number of suits brought under “An act to ascertain and adjudicate certain claims for land against the State, situated between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers,” approved August 15, 1870, (Paschal’s Dig., art. 7068.) The first section of the act will be found in the statement of the succeeding case.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J„ P. Richardson. This is one of a large number of suits brought under “An act to ascertain and adjudicate certain claims for land against the State, situated between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers,” approved August 15, 1870, (Paschal’s Dig., art. 7068.) The first section of the act will be found in the statement of the succeeding case. (State v. Cuellar, post, 295.) Sections 2 and 6 of the same act are as follows, viz: “ Seo. 2. That each of the claimants shall, at the time of filing of said claim, accompany the same with an affidavit, made…
1Opinion of the Court
Roberts, Chief Justice.
This action was brought under
the law of the 15th of August, 1870, entitled “An act to ascertain and adjudicate certain claims for land against the State, situated between the Nueces and Eio Grande rivers.” The claims of land are situated in the territory of Texas that formerly constituted a part of the State of Tamaulipas, in Mexico, which remained, for the most part, under the political and civil jurisdiction of that State, until possession of the same was taken by the troops of the United States, in 1846. It embraced the country between those rivers, “below a line…
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