Legal Opinion

Bounds v. Little

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 3, 1889No. 2867PublishedCited by 93 opinions

Appeal from Navarro. Tried below before Hon. Rufus Hardy. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Associate Justice.

This was an action of trespass to try title brought by appellees against appellants to recover a tract of two hundred acres of land, a part of the James Little survey.

The land was patented to James Little, who died in 1874, having made a will by which he devised all his property to his nephew Robert J. Little His wife Mary A. Little survived him. On February 16, 1874, Robert J. Little conveyed to Mary A. Little all the property devised to him by the will of James Little. Afterwards Mary A. Little died, having made a will by which she devised all her estate to F. B.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Handley v. LeighTexas Supreme Court · 1852
  2. Allen v. AtchisonTexas Supreme Court · 1863
  3. Dikes v. De CordovaTexas Supreme Court · 1856

3Cited by93 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Higgins Oil & Fuel Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  2. Strong v. StrongTexas Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Magee v. PaulTexas Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Adams v. SlatteryTexas Supreme Court · 1956
  5. Marshburn v. StewartTexas Supreme Court · 1924

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