Legal Opinion

White v. Martin

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1886No. Case No. 5684PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Archer. Tried below before the Hon. B. F. Williams. This was an action of trespass to try title. Benben E. White and John Snodgrass, with other heirs of David Snodgrass, brought suit to recover of Thomas P. Martin, and others, six hundred and forty acres of land in Archer county.

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Appeal from Archer. Tried below before the Hon. B. F. Williams. This was an action of trespass to try title. Benben E. White and John Snodgrass, with other heirs of David Snodgrass, brought suit to recover of Thomas P. Martin, and others, six hundred and forty acres of land in Archer county. The first amended original answer of defendants contained a general ■exception, general denial, and “not guilty,” and a special plea setting forth the titles of the respective parties, which are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The case was tried by the court, and a judgment rendered for…

1Opinion of the Court

Station, Associate Justice.

The appellants claim the land through a patent, which issued in August, 1883, upon a location made in 1874 upon a certificate issued to Absalom P. Joyce, under a special act of the legislature, passed April 26, 1873. That act directed the commissioner of the general land office to issue to “Absalom P. Joyce six hundred and forty acres, headright, in lieu of Ho. 162, issued in Shelby county, without the conditional.” Special Laws, 1873, p. 307. Headright certificate Ho. 162, referred to in the special act, purports to have been issued by the board of land…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wright v. HawkinsTexas Supreme Court · 1866
  2. Miller v. BrownsonTexas Supreme Court · 1879
  3. State v. WorkTexas Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Wortham v. WalkerTexas Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Jumbo Cattle Co. v. Bacon & GravesTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1902
  4. State v. RobisonTexas Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Telfener v. RussSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

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