Sullivan v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Travis County. Tried below before Hon. V. L. Brooks.
1Opinion of the Court
EIDSON, Associate Justice.
This is an action brought by the Attorney-General in behalf of the State of Texas to determine the exact location and boundaries of a grant emanating from the Mexican Government, under which appellants claim title to the land in controversy, and to recover the quantity of land in the tract claimed by appellants in excess of the quantity embraced within the exact boundaries of the original grant. There was a recovery of such excess by the State in the court below, and defendants have appealed to this court.
Appellants’ first assignment of error complains of the action…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- West v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
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