Cavazos v. Trevino
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Nueces. Tried below before the Hon. M. P. Norton. This cause was decided in the District Court as long ago as 1858. It was instituted in the county of Cameron, within which the land in controversy is situated, and the petition was filed in the district court of that county on the ninth of April, 1852. The venue was changed to the county of Hueces.
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Appeal from Nueces. Tried below before the Hon. M. P. Norton. This cause was decided in the District Court as long ago as 1858. It was instituted in the county of Cameron, within which the land in controversy is situated, and the petition was filed in the district court of that county on the ninth of April, 1852. The venue was changed to the county of Hueces. The land in controversy was an extensive tract comprising five and a half leagues, and extending from the-mouth of the ¡Rio Grande for some distance up that-stream. It is known as the “ San Martin grant,” and. is one of the specified…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This is an action of trespass to try title, brought in the District Court of Cameron county, on the eighth day of April, 1852, by Manuel Trevino, as administrator of the estate of Ignacio Trevino, against James Penn, Rafael (Jarcia Cavazos and Maria *158Josefa Cavazos, Ms wife, and others, citizens of the Republic of Mexico. By an amended petition, the heirs of Ignacio Trevino became plaintiffs, and Maria-Josefa Cavazos was left sole defendant in the suit.. The amended petition was filed on the twelfth of December, 1853. The defendant plead the general issue,, and, in reconvention, that she was…
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