Truehart v. Babcock

Citations

• 51 Tex. 169

Syllabus

<p>1. Construction of statutes —Titled or surveyed lands.— The act of February 5, 1850, (Paschal’s Dig., art. 809,) prescribing ‘‘that no certificate of land, land warrant, or evidence of laud claim of any kind whatever, shall hereafter be located upon any land heretofore titled or surveyed within the limits of the colonies of Austin, DeWitt, orDeLeon,”<fcc., protected from relocation a grant for two leagues, part of a concession of eleven leagues, made by Steven F. Austin, commissioner, December 15,1831, no consent of the general government having been shown to the grant.</p> <p>2. Statutes in aid of imperfect titles—Construction.—There being no exceptions in the act of the Legislature, the courts in construing the act will add none. The protection extends to all classes of such titled or surveyed lands, whether void or not.</p>