Harwood v. Wylie
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Wichita. Tried below before the Hon. B. F. Williams. Suit in trespass to try title brought by appellees. The order of the court January 27, 1851, attempting to grant letters upon fourteen estates is as follows: “Estate of Charles Dupolllon, George Voss, Isaiah Dickson, Frank Gray, George Green, William Harper, Dennis Ma-honey, Richard Starr, James Dunkin, Daniel Broce, H. Z. Lewis, Charles Zanar, George Wiggin and Bobert Evans.
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Appeal from Wichita. Tried below before the Hon. B. F. Williams. Suit in trespass to try title brought by appellees. The order of the court January 27, 1851, attempting to grant letters upon fourteen estates is as follows: “Estate of Charles Dupolllon, George Voss, Isaiah Dickson, Frank Gray, George Green, William Harper, Dennis Ma-honey, Richard Starr, James Dunkin, Daniel Broce, H. Z. Lewis, Charles Zanar, George Wiggin and Bobert Evans. In the matter of the application of Justin Castania for administration of this estate, it appearing to the court, that • due and legal notice thereof was…
1Opinion of the Court
Collard, Judge.
We can not give our assent to the validity of the administration of Robert Evans’s estate. Evans-perished at the Alamo with Travis on the sixth of March, 1836, having no fixed place of residence in the State. On the tenth day of January, 1851, nearly fifteen years after the death of Evans, one J. Castania applied to the county court of Harris county for letters of administration upon his estate, alleging that decedent had no fixed domicile, and no kindred in the State. The application did not show that there were any debts against the estate, nor were there any in fact.
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