CORDOVA v. GRANT

No. 104.

248 U.S. 413 (1919)

CORDOVA v. GRANT, EXECUTOR OF COTTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 13, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank G. Morris for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Walter B. Grant and Mr. T.J. Beall for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of trespass to try title to land in Texas lying between the present and former bed of the Rio Grande. The plaintiff (the present defendant in error) alleged that his testator and those under whom the latter claimed had held the land under color of title from the State of Texas for the several statutory periods of limitation, and that the defendant unlawfully...

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