Holstein v. Adams

Stayton, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by appellees to recover 125 acres of land, part of a larger grant. They show that Daniel J. Adonis acquired title to this land in 1858 through a regular chain of transfer from the sovereignty of the soil; and further, that a person of that name, whose heirs they are shown to be, died in West Virginia in 1886, having lived there for many years. They futher show that Daniel J. Adonis, through whom they claim, was in Texas about the time the deed to the person of that name was made.

There was no evidence tending to show that the person to whom the…