Herndon v. Davenport
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Ellis. Tried below before Hon. Anson Rainey. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
Appellants brought this action to recover 171 acres of land, patented to them as the heirs of John H. Herndon, by patent issued December 6, 1887.
*463The defendants claim by regular chain of transfer from A. 0. McCartney, to whom it is claimed that John H. Herndon sold the land certificate by virtue of which the land was patented.
Plaintiffs introduced the patent, proved that John H. Herndon died in July, 1879, and that they were his heirs.
On behalf of defendants it was proved that the land in controversy was located by virtue of William Habers certificate Ho. 3116, issued…
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