Buckley's Administrator v. Howard
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Fort Bend. Tried below before the Hon. L. Lindsay. This suit was instituted on the twelfth of March, 1867, by the guardian of Mary Buckley (who subsequently married the appellee, W. H. Howard), to recover from the estate of C. W. Buckley, her deceased father, the sum of $17,606, alleged to be due her for the hire of a number of slaves, bequeathed by her mother, Mrs. L. J. Buckley, to the said Mary and her two brothers, Frederick C., and O. W., Jr., who had both…
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Appeal from Fort Bend. Tried below before the Hon. L. Lindsay. This suit was instituted on the twelfth of March, 1867, by the guardian of Mary Buckley (who subsequently married the appellee, W. H. Howard), to recover from the estate of C. W. Buckley, her deceased father, the sum of $17,606, alleged to be due her for the hire of a number of slaves, bequeathed by her mother, Mrs. L. J. Buckley, to the said Mary and her two brothers, Frederick C., and O. W., Jr., who had both died, leaving said Mary the sole survivor. The hires claimed were from the death of Mrs. Buckley, in 1851, to the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Mrs. J. L. Buckley was the wife of Judge C. W. Buckley. On the twenty-ninth day of March, 1851, she made and published her last will and testament. This will appears to have been admitted to probate in the county court of Harris county ; but at what time, the certificate of the clerk does not inform us.
The petition states that Mrs. Buckley departed this life on the sixteenth day of September, 1851; which fact does not appear to be disputed. There are singular inaccuracies in this record; the will is sometimes referred to as the will of Jane L. Buckley, and at other times as that of L. J.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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