Villalva v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; A.'M. Walthall, Judge. Trespass to try title by M. W. Brown against Jesus Villalva and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.
Appellee in trespass to try title recovered certain premises in the city of El Paso, a part of land originally granted to Juan Maria Ponce de Leon. No conveyance from the grantee appears, and appel-lee claims under a deed from Dolores Ponce de Leon and Josefa Ponce de Leon Varela, the last named being joined by her husband, Mariano Varela, to Wm. T. Smith, date'd March 25, 1854, filed for record June 10, 1854, and recorded in the deed records. Appellants claim title under the 10-year statute of limitations. Upon trial the jury was instructed that appellee had shown record title in himself,…
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