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Balli descendants press Padre Island land claim in Brownsville
Brownsville residents claiming descent from Mexican landowner Juan Jose Balli gather in court for a case over Padre Island lands. Emma Balli Trevino pledges to fight on, while attorneys dispute title validity and prior ownership, with prior suits failing but a new opportunity arising amid wider land disputes and oil ventures.
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Brownsville
Texas
Juan Jose Balli
Emma Balli Trevino
Padre Island
Eater Balli
Mifflin
Ballis
Gilbert Kerlin
Harvard Law School
Gulf of Mexco
Kerlin
Steve Smith
Smith
Dheh
Balli
Ing
Eberlin
McCall
Kenedy Land