Chambers v. Fisk

This action of trespass to try title, brought by the appellant against the appellees, to recover a tract of eight leagues of landj&ying at the foot of the mountains on the east side of the Colorado river, in Travis county, which is set out in the petition by metes and bounds. The appellant claims to have derived a title to this tract of land, as well as to other tracts, from the State of Coahuila and Texas, in payment of a year’s salary as “ Superior Judge of the Circuit of Texas.”

The appellees filed the plea of not guilty, as well as other matters of defence.

At the trial, the appellant read…