Hanrick v. Jackson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Falls. Tried below before the Hon. X. B. Saunders. Hanrick, claiming title under an eleven league grant, which purports to have been extended to Rafael de Aguirre, October. 22, 1833, sued Jackson in trespass to try title, to recover certain lands involved in this suit, claimed adversely by Jackson under certificate locations and surveys made in 1814. Jackson pleaded the general issue, “ not guilty.”
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Appeal from Falls. Tried below before the Hon. X. B. Saunders. Hanrick, claiming title under an eleven league grant, which purports to have been extended to Rafael de Aguirre, October. 22, 1833, sued Jackson in trespass to try title, to recover certain lands involved in this suit, claimed adversely by Jackson under certificate locations and surveys made in 1814. Jackson pleaded the general issue, “ not guilty.” March 21, 1811, a jury having been waived and the case submitted to the court, judgment was rendered against the plaintiff. Plaintiff, in support of his title, introduced in evidence…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Chief Justice.
This action, which is in the usual form of trespass to try title, was brought in the *26court below April 17, 1876, by E. G. Hanrick, appellant, claiming title under an eleven league grant purporting to have been extended by Luke Lessassier, alcalde of the municipality of San Felipe de Austin, to Rafael de Aguirre, October 22, 1833, for the recovery of the lands involved in this suit, which are claimed adversely to him by the appellee A. M. Jackson, by virtue of certificate locations and surveys made in 1874.
On the trial a jury was waived, and the whole case, law and fact,…
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