Legal Opinion
Shapleigh v. Mier
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1936No. 7989PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, as citizens of the state of Missouri, sued the appellee as a citizen of Mexico, at law in an action of trespass to try title to 337 acres of land in Hudspeth county, Tex., known as Guayuco Banco No. 319, alleging that their rights grew directly out of the treaty of 1905 between the United States and Mexico (35 Stat. 1863). A plea of not guilty wag entered. Jury was waived, and issues of fact as well as of law were submitted to the court. On July 5, 1935, a general judgment for the defendant was rendered with- a memorandum offering to make specific…
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