Kidwell v. Carson & Lewis

HEAD, Associate Justice.

The subject of controversy in this suit is 160 acres of school land in Parker County, purchased from the State by Ben Stephens on the 25th of January, 1883. He made the first payment, and established his homestead thereon, being at that time a married man and the head of a family. On the 5th of May, 1883, Stephens, joined by his wife, conveyed to appellant an undivided half-interest in all of the coal and mineral found on said land, reciting that he should have the right to work and develop his interest in the same. On the lOtli of November, 1885, Stephens executed to…