Stephens v. Heirs of Bowerman
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. W. S. Todd. The defendants in error, David Bowerman and others, the heirs of Joshua Bowerman, deceased, sued out their writ of certiorari from the District Court directed to the County Court of Lamar county, for the purpose of revising and settling the accounts and settlements of William M. Williams, administrator of the estate of said Joshua Bowerman, deceased, and in order to vacate and set aside an order of sale of lands of…
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Error from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. W. S. Todd. The defendants in error, David Bowerman and others, the heirs of Joshua Bowerman, deceased, sued out their writ of certiorari from the District Court directed to the County Court of Lamar county, for the purpose of revising and settling the accounts and settlements of William M. Williams, administrator of the estate of said Joshua Bowerman, deceased, and in order to vacate and set aside an order of sale of lands of the estate granted to the administrator by the County Court. The appellant, Stephens, intervened, claiming to be a…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The record contains no sufficient statement of facts, nor is the question which the appeal seeks to have adjudicated otherwise presented by the record in such a manner as to warrant a decision upon it. What purports to be a statement of facts contains a mere reference to certain papers and orders, but without any circumstance of identity to enable this court to be *20advised that those copied in the record are the same which were before the court on the trial. To recognize this mere reference' to papers and orders, without indicating with more certainty what was intended- as a statement of…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Eastin v. FergusonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1893
- Adams v. DugganTexas Commission of Appeals · 1882
- Greenwade v. WallingTexas Supreme Court · 1867