Bluitt v. Pearson

Mr. Judge SPEER

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

The following certificate from the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals for the Tenth District is before us:

“About 1870, Felix Dancy and wife, Mattie Dancy, two negroes, purchased as community property, 40 acres of land in Limestone County. There were born to them two children, Celester Bluitt and Enes Carter. Mattie Dancy at the time of her marriage with Felix had one child, Ella Hicks. Felix Dancy died a number of years ago, leaving as his heirs his wife and two children above named. The discovery oil well in the Mexia…