Bissell v. Haynes
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Callioun. This was au action commenced on the 19th of June, 1849, by Bissell, administrator, to try title to that tract of land embracing the city of "Lavaca.
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Appeal from Callioun. This was au action commenced on the 19th of June, 1849, by Bissell, administrator, to try title to that tract of land embracing the city of "Lavaca. The plaintiff in his petition represents that, as administrator of the estate of Silas P. Griswold, deceased, in the fall of the year 1847, he located a certain tract or parcel of land in Calhoun county, on the northwest side of Lavaca bay, beginning at the margin of said bay at the month of Bell creek, (settingforth the locations and certificates.) The petition avers a survey, and that George Haynes, George McConnell, and…
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
This was a suit to recover a certain tract of land. The plaintiff claimed title by virtue of a location and survey of a land certificate. Among other defenses, the defendants relied upon title derived from Maximo Sanches, under a grant to him from the State of Coahuila and Texas. There was a verdict aud judgment for the defendants.
*291The main controversy arises upon the validity oí the grant to Sanches; and if his title is good, tlie title derived from him by tlie defendants is not controverted.
Tlie plaintiff alleges that tlie court erred—
“In permitting the pretended grant to M. Sanches to be…
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