Hollis v. Dashiell
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Kaufman. Tried below before the Hon. J. E. Dillard, special judge. The case is stated in the opinion. The instructions of the court below arc too lengthy for insertion.
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
—The subject-matter of this litigation is a league and labor of land in Kaufman county, patented in the name of Benjamin Kimberling August 80, 1858. The headright certificate of said Kimberling, which was issued February 8, 1838, was first located in the name of Kimberling in Bastrop county, and in 1844 or 1845 was located on the land in controversy.
The heirs of William Hollis commenced this suit in April, 1875, bringing an action of trespass to try title against Dashiell and others. They sought to establish (1) an alleged transfer of his headright claim by Benjamin…
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