Sheldon v. Benavides
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Webb. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Russell. The opinion sufficiently states the case. It is unnecessary to give the authorities relied on in the able briefs of counsel, since they all refer to the validity of the grant offered in evidence by appellant, and which, in view of the disposition made of the case, are unimportant.
1Opinion of the Court
West, Associate Justice.
In this case there is no statement of facts in the record. The only error assigned is the action taken by the district court, where objections were raised by appellees to the introduction in evidence of the supposed Mexican grant to the locus in quo to one. José Manuel Garcia.
The appellant, as appears from the bill of exceptions, in the first place, and without any other evidence, prefatory or explanatory in its character, having been introduced by him, produced and offered to read in evidence a certified translation from the general land office, of the purported grant…
2Cited by1 opinion
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