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CHRISTY v. ALFORD

58 U.S. 601 (1854)

17 How. 601

WILLIAM CHRISTY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. LODOVICK P. ALFORD, ADMINISTRATOR OF HENRY D. BULLARD, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was submitted upon printed arguments, by Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Hughes, and Mr. Lawrence, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Hill and Mr. Henderson, for the defendant.

Mr. Justice CURTIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes before us by a writ of error to the district court for the district of Texas. It was an action of trespass, to try the title to a tract of land. On the trial, the defendant relied on the 15th section of the statute of limitations, passed in 1841, by the congress of the then Republic of Texas, which is in the following words: "Every suit to be instituted to recover real estate, as against him, her...

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