Legal Opinion
Howth v. Farrar
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1938No. 8545PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
. HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit was in trespass to try title in statutory form, for 640 acres of land in Erath county, Texas. The chain of title under which plaintiff claimed the land sued for was: (1) A patent to William E. Howth, dated January 9, 1847. (2) The last will and testament of W. E. Howth, dated May 27, 1855, admitted to probate April 30, 1860 in Austin county, Texas, devising the tract to the eldest son of W. E. Howth for life, and upon his death to his eldest living son. (3) Certified copy of a certificate of the death of William E. Howth, Jr., July 31, 1930.
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2Cases cited31 opinions
- Day Land & Cattle Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Burnham v. Hardy Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1917
- Twist v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Schleicher, Admr. v. GatlinTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Moore v. KnightTexas Supreme Court · 1936
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Evans v. GravesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
- Pool v. SneedCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
- Robert K. Humphrey, Individually and as of the Estate of Blanche Meyer Humphrey v. The C. G. Jung Educational Center of HoustonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Pleasant v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
- Cleaver v. KnightonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
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