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McKINNEY v. SAVIEGO ET UX

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59 U.S. 235 (1856)

18 How. 235

15 L.Ed. 365

JOHN F. McKINNEY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MANUEL SAVIEGO, AND PILAR, HIS WIFE.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 12, 1856.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Hale, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Hughes, for the defendants.

Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants (Saviego and wife) claimed, in the district court, two and one half leagues of land lying in the counties of Goliad and Refugio, in Texas, as an inheritance of Madame Saviego, from her mother, Gertrudis Barrera, who died in Matamoros, in Mexico, in 1842.

Gertrudis Barrera acquired, in 1834, one league of...

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