PHILLIPS v. MOORE


100 U.S. 208 (____)

PHILLIPS v. MOORE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. W.P. Ballinger for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. D.D. Atchison for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to recover the possession of one-fourth of a league of land, situated in the county of Wharton, in the State of Texas. The plaintiff claims the land under a grant of the State of Coahuila and Texas, made in April, 1833, to one John Dinsmore, a colonist, under the contract with the Empresario Stephen Austin. The defendants assert title to it under a previous...

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