Branch v. Baker

Stayton, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by appellant against William B. Baker and H. E. Marrast, to recover > all that part of a league of land originally granted to John B. Williams on July 29, 1824, situated on and below Clear creek, except fourteen hundred and forty acres which were not claimed by appellant. The Williams league is the same mentioned in the case of Westrope v. Chambers, 51 Texas, 178, which was by the ayuntamiento declared forfeited for failure of the grantee to comply with the conditions of the grant.

The appellant Branch deraigns title through that grant, but as…