Soye v. Maverick
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas J. Devine. This was a suit by the same plaintiffs as in preceding ease, to recover from the defendant the headright of their father John Soye and the land in the concession to Valdez. The facts are all stated in the report of the other case.
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Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas J. Devine. This was a suit by the same plaintiffs as in preceding ease, to recover from the defendant the headright of their father John Soye and the land in the concession to Valdez. The facts are all stated in the report of the other case. The statement of facts, in this case, as to the issue of the certificate of John Soye’s headright was as follows : The plaintiffs proved by the records of the County Court of Bexar county, that the headright of John Soye was granted to the administrator, John McMullen, by the Board of Land…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The only question presented by the record, which has not been disposed of in the case of the same plaintiffs against McOallister et al., (supra,) is whether the head-right certificate of John Soye, issued to his administrator in 1838, was assets in the hands of the administrator. We are of opinion that it was. The petition alleges that the ancestor of the plaintiffs was legally entitled to the land, for which, after his death, the certificate issued to his administrator, for the use and benefit of his heirs, the plaintiffs. The grant was in the right of the ancestor. It was made to the…
2Cited by7 opinions
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- Adams v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
- Galbraith v. Howard HumeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Dickson v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Stark v. OsbornCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1915
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