Hanaford v. Morton

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

—This suit' was brought by appellant against the appellee to recover a tract of land in Haskell County patented in the name of John Hansford by virtue of headright certificate isued to Herman Holt, February 6, 1838, and assigned February 7, 1838, to James S. Holman, and January 4, 1843, to John Hanaford, by transfers indorsed thereon, duty executed and expressed in such terms as to pass to "the assignee the legal title to the land upon the issuance of patent. The land was located Hay 22, 1856, and patented January 13, 1859. Appellant claimed under the John Hanaford…