Davenport v. Bass

Mr. Judge German

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

Mrs. A. M. Kelsey Bass, joined by her husband, instituted this suit in the District Court of Starr County against F. Davenport and a number of others. The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendants.

Plaintiff is • the owner of what is known as porciones 86 and 87 ■ of the Ancient Jurisdiction of Camargo. Said two porciones are part of a block of porciones numbered 70 to 100. No. 86 is 1300 varas in width and No. 87 is 1050 varas in width, each extending back some 25,000 varas from the Rio Grande river.-…