Legal Opinion
Ross v. Morrow
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 1892No. 7205PublishedCited by 27 opinions
Error from Burnet. Tried below before Hon. W. A. Blackburn.
1Opinion of the Court
HOBBY, Presiding Judge,
Section A —This is an action of trespass to try title to the land described in the petition. It was brought on the 16th of April, 1886, by Edward, Henry, Nathaniel, and Nancy Ross, the children and heirs of Anderson Ross, against the defendants, A. W. and J. T. Morrow.
It was agreed that both parties deraign title from Jesse Burnham as a common source, who occupied it in 1857. The land was the community property of Jesse Burnham and his wife Nancy Burnham, who were married in 1837. Anderson Ross was the child of Nancy Burnham by a previous marriage with J. G-. Ross. She…
2Cited by27 opinions
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