Legal Opinion

Ransome v. Bearden

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1878PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from Wood. Tried below before the Hon. M. H. Bonner. The case is fully shown in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Gould, Associate Justice.

he questions involved in this case grow out of the rulings of the court in sustaining exceptions to a petition attacking the will of Jeremiah Jackson, probated on the 30th of April, 1866, in the County Court of Wood county, as a forgery. The original petition was filed January 13, 1875, by E. W. E. Ransome, for himself and as agent for sundry other persons named, heirs of said Jackson. On March 1, 1876, these other parties withdrew from the suit. Susan A. Ransome, of Harris county, Georgia, alleged to be the sister and sole heir of deceased, became a plaintiff, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. FlyTexas Supreme Court · 1859
  2. Munson v. HallowellTexas Supreme Court · 1863
  3. Bremond v. McLeanTexas Supreme Court · 1876
  4. Boyd v. BlankmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
  5. Smith v. TalbotTexas Supreme Court · 1857

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Sherman v. SipperTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. GayTexas Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Boren v. BorenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
  4. Allen v. PughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  5. Calhoun v. BurtonTexas Supreme Court · 1885

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