Marks v. Hill

Gould, Associate Justice.

The appellees, who were the 'plaintiffs below, claimed the land in controversy by virtue of a conveyance from the children and sole heirs of Daniel B. Lewis. The appellants claimed the same land under the surviving widow of Daniel B. Lewis, and under an order of the County Court, made in the administration of the estate of said Lewis, setting the headright certificate aside to her.

The facts necessary to the proper understanding of the case are as follows: In 1839 Daniel B. Lewis, with his wife and two children, immigrated to Texas. In the same year, his wife died, and…