Carlisle v. Hart

Whatever right the plaintiffs in error may have had to the land in controversy, as heirs of their deceased mother, Mary Hart, the colonist, was lost to them by their laches and *353negligence. The record shows that the land in dispute was granted in November, 1834, to Timothy Hart, under whom the defendants in error claim, as the only heir of his mother, Mary Hart, the colonist, and that the plaintiffs in error, who were also heirs of said Mary Hart, were of lawful age, and residents of the town of Eefugio when said title was issued. It can not be doubted that they must have been cognizant that…