HERBST v. MARTINEZ

No. 13214.

307 S.W.2d 633 (1957)

Maria Vidaurri HERBST et al., Appellants, v. Enrique MARTINEZ et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Gibson, J. G. Hornberger, Laredo, for appellants.

Laurie M. Huck, San Antonio, for appellees.


POPE, Justice.

In 1936, some seventy members of the Martinez family sued the members of the Vidaurri family for the partition of two tracts of land along the Rio Grande River, out of the Borrego Grant in Zapata County, Texas. In 1956, the case came to trial and the court withdrew the case from the jury and granted judgment for the plaintiffs, the Martinez heirs. Defendants, the Vidaurri heirs, admitted that they were only entitled to an undivided 1/14 interest in...

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