Hennessy v. Blair
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, First District, in an appeal from Leon County. Hennessy and others sued Blair for the recovery of land and recovered.. On defendant’s appeal the judgment was reversed and rendered in his-favor and appellees obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The question presented for decision by the present ease is, whether in an action for land one holding the title by regular chain of transfer under the patent of the State, acquired for value in good faith and without notice of any defect, is to be denied the status of an innocent purchaser because of the forgery of the assignment of the land certificate upon which the patent issued.
Briefly stated the facts are as follows:
The Board of Land Commissioners of Brazoria County, some time prior to the year 1839, issued to Lucius Hibbard a certificate for one-third of a league of land. A transfer of…
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