Martin v. Weyman
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. E. J, Davis. This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by John Martin and his wife, Agnes Martin, and Andrew J. Porter and his wife, Mary Porter, the appellants, against Edward A. Weyman and Jane L. Weyman, his wife, for the recovery of a tract of land situated in Cameron county', known as the Banco de Santa Rita Rancho.
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Appeal from Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. E. J, Davis. This was an action of trespass to try title, brought by John Martin and his wife, Agnes Martin, and Andrew J. Porter and his wife, Mary Porter, the appellants, against Edward A. Weyman and Jane L. Weyman, his wife, for the recovery of a tract of land situated in Cameron county', known as the Banco de Santa Rita Rancho. The petition, in the usual form, was filed March 10th, 1855. The defendants demurred, and pleaded the general denial, not guilty, and the statute of limitations, alleging uninterrupted possession since 1834. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtMoors, J.
It was decided by this court in the case of Trevino v. Fernandez, 13 Tex., 630, that “ the acts of the Mexican authorities in the territory adjacent to the Rio Grande, while that territory remained efe facto under their control, although subsequent to the declaration of her boundary by the Republic of Texas, in the ordinary administration of her laws and municipal affairs, so far as individuals are concerned, were as valid and binding as if done by the government efe jure as well as de facto.” And as the court found, a jury having been waived, that at the date of the conveyance by the judge…
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