Jordan v. Godman
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from. Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. John H. Reagan. In 1850 J. J. Godman proved his claim to six hundred and forty acres of land, as the head of a family, before the Commissioner appointed under the Act of January 21,1850, to secure to all actual settlers within the limits of the colony granted to Peters and others, commonly known as Peters' colony, the land to which they are entitled as colonists. (Hart.
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Appeal from. Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. John H. Reagan. In 1850 J. J. Godman proved his claim to six hundred and forty acres of land, as the head of a family, before the Commissioner appointed under the Act of January 21,1850, to secure to all actual settlers within the limits of the colony granted to Peters and others, commonly known as Peters' colony, the land to which they are entitled as colonists. (Hart. Dig. p. 682.) In the same year Godman sold his claim to Francis Jordan for $250, and gave him a bond for title, acknowledging the receipt of the purchase money. Same year,…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
It cannot be doubted that by removing and changing her domicil from this to another State, the wife relinquished any right of homestead which she might have retained had she continued an inhabitant of this State. Her removal from the State is inconsistent with any right remaining to her former homestead, and effectually precludes her from after-wards asserting such right.
If the plaintiffs have a right, it is because their ancestor, Godman, had not the ability to dispose of his interest as a colonist in the land in controversy. It is insisted for the appellees that he had not, in consequence…
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