DOSWELL v. DE LE LANZA ET AL.


61 U.S. 29 (____)

20 How. 29

J. TEMPLE DOSWELL, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ENRIQUE DE LA LANZA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Hale for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Merriman for the defendant.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is brought before us by a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the district of Texas.

In his petition, the plaintiff claims two leagues of land, worth twenty-five thousand dollars, in Nueces county, San Patricio district, on the bay of Corpus Christi, and west of the Nueces; and he alleges that the defendants, on or about the 4th day of October, 1849, entered into the possession of one-fourth...

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