Hume v. Ware
Texas Supreme Court
Questions Certified from Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The statement and questions submitted are'given in full: The land involved in this certificate was located by virtue of duplicate certificate number 30/191, issued to the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad Company.
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Questions Certified from Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The statement and questions submitted are'given in full: The land involved in this certificate was located by virtue of duplicate certificate number 30/191, issued to the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad Company. The date of the location is not shown, but the land was patented to said railroad company May 22, 1876. Appellee, Robert Ware, introduced in evidence a chain of title, one link of which is as follows: “The State oe Texas, j “County of Dallas, J “Know all men by these…
1Opinion of the Court
BBOW27, Associate Justice.
The land in controversy was located by virtue of certificate number 30/191, class scrip, issued to the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Bailroad Company. When it was located does not appear. The patent issued May 22, 1876. J. M. Douglass transferred the certificate to John B. West, August 16, 1877. The statement accompanying the certified questions does not show how Douglass claimed the land or certificate.
“Question 1. Does the instrument above set out (the transfer from Douglass to West of the certificate not necessary to copy) convey title to the grantee therein…
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