Legal Opinion
Underwood v. Dugan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 30, 1891No. 223PublishedCited by 14 opinions
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. In equity. Decree dismissing the bill. Complainants appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The facts in this case are these:
On March 1, 1838, one Eines Y. Roberson, whose name seems to have been spelled in different- ways, sometimes as above stated, sometimes . as “ Phineas Robertson,” again as “Phiness Y. Robinson,” still again as “Phiness Robinson,” received from the proper authorities of the State of Texas the following land certificate, entitling him as therein provided, and on the conditions therein named, to one league and labor of land:
“No. m.
“This is to certify that Fines Y. Roberson has appeared before the board of land commissioners for the county of Houston and proved,…
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