[Mexico]. [Law]

Dictamen de la Comision de Gobernacion de la Camara de Diputados del Congreso General, Sobre la Declaracion Que Varios de los Señores Diputados Promovieron Acerca de la Incapacidad de Adquirir Bienes o Derechos en la Republica Mexicana... [caption title]

Mexico City: Imprenta de la Testamentaria de Ontiveros, 1828. 4pp. Folio. Untrimmed. Scattered, very faint foxing and light dust soiling. Very good plus. Item #2111

Scarce printing of an early independent Mexican judicial opinion that the rights of inheritance and succession do not apply to aliens and foreign residents, particularly those of an enemy country. The judgment was principally intended to drive out Spanish citizens who still held monetary claims and land grants in Mexico, but also would have been threatening to many Texas colonists. While those who purchased land through the official colonization schemes automatically became Mexican citizens, the claims of the numerous immigrants who did not were put at greater risk by this finding. We locate only three copies, at Baylor, SMU, and the National Library of Spain.

Price: $750.00