State v. Cuellar
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Bichar dson. The facts are given in the opinion. This was one of a number of suits involving land, brought under “An act to ascertain and adjudicate certain claims for land against the State, situated between the Nueces and Eio Grande rivers,” approved August 15,1870. (General Laws, Called Session, 1870, p. 201; Paschal’s Dig., art. 7068.) Section one of said act is as follows : “ Seo. 1. That any person who may be the…
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Bichar dson. The facts are given in the opinion. This was one of a number of suits involving land, brought under “An act to ascertain and adjudicate certain claims for land against the State, situated between the Nueces and Eio Grande rivers,” approved August 15,1870. (General Laws, Called Session, 1870, p. 201; Paschal’s Dig., art. 7068.) Section one of said act is as follows : “ Seo. 1. That any person who may be the original grantee, heir, or legal assignee of any grant of land emanating from the Spanish or Mexican Governments, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Roberts, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff, Francisco Cuellar, on behalf of himself and other hems, brings this suit, under the act of the Legislature of the State of Texas, of the 15th of August, 1870, to obtain confirmation of the title to a tract of land of 34 labors, on which is situated the town of Carisso, running 1,700 varas on the Eio Grande, (east bank,) and 20,000 varas back therefrom, in Zapata county. This land is alleged to be a portion granted to their ancestor, Jacinto de Cuellar, in fee simple, as one of the first settlers of the town of Eavilla, (now Guerrero,) on the west bank of…
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