Form of Marriage in Spanish North America

Watercourses of Texas, in ESSAYS IN LEGAL HISTORY IN HONOR OF FELIX FRANKFURTER 373,384-85 (M.Forkosch ed.1966), and the latter case in Winters, The ShorelineforSpanish and Mexican Grants in Texas, 38 TEXAS L. REV.523 (1960).3 See, e.g., San Antonio v. Odin, 15 Tex.539 (1855); Blair v. Odin, 3 Tex.288 (1849).The case first cited was a dispute over title to the Alamo.4 See generally McKnight, The Spanish Influence on the Texas Law of Civil Procedure, 38 TEXAS L,.REv.24 (1959).Muir, Thelntellectual Climate ofHoustonDuringthePeriod oftheRepublic, 62 S.W. HIST.Q. 312 (1959), speaks of "the blending of the civil and the common law, the abolition of special pleading, [and] the marriage of law and equity in a single court, the distinctive contributions of Texas to western civilization."Idat 313.This is, incidentally, a highly amusing and informative article, and of course a very brief one.5 Amaya v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co., 158 F.2d 554 (5th Cir.1947).Cf.Atchley v. Superior Oil Company, 482 S.W.2d 883, 899-902 (Tex.Civ.App.1972).