Holliday v. Harvey

Citations

• 39 Tex. 670

Syllabus

<p>1. Parol evidence is inadmissible to prove the existence of a decree of Spain, passed while Texas was subject to the authority of that government.</p> <p>3. The political chief of the province of Texas had no authority to grant land in 1834.</p> <p>8. Decision in Jones v. Muesbach, 36 Texas, 386, approved-without discussion as a rule of property.</p>