GONZALES v. ROSS


120 U.S. 605 (1887)

GONZALES v. ROSS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.E. Barnard for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. C.W. Ogden and Mr. Bethel Coopwood for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of trespass to try title, brought by the heirs of Juan Gonzales against The International and Great Northern Railroad Company and their tenant in possession (Ross), to recover eleven leagues of land situate in Kinney County, Texas, adjoining the Rio Grande. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and title from the sovereignty of the soil. At the trial a jury was waived, and the court found the facts...

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