Curdy v. Stafford
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Third District, in an appeal from Runnels County. The opinion gives a sufficient statement.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
—This suit was brought by the defendants in error to recover of the plaintiffs in error a tract of land consisting of 960 acres, which was patented to one L. C. Cunningham, as assignee, by virtue of a bounty warrant issued to Eobert B. Owens. The plaintiffs below recovered a judgment, which was affirmed in the Court of Civil Appeals.
Both parties claimed title under Cunningham, the patentee; the plaintiffs below by virtue of a deed executed by Cunningham to them, and dated May 14, 1892; the defendants under a conveyance executed May 29, 1872, from one Eowand, as assignee…
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