Barnes v. Jamison
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Collin. Tried below before the Hon. Hat. M. Burford. This suit was brought by Abraham Barnes against Harrison Jamison and John Bundy, to recover 320 acres of land, and to have decreed to him the title of the certificate, by virtue of which it was located.
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Appeal from Collin. Tried below before the Hon. Hat. M. Burford. This suit was brought by Abraham Barnes against Harrison Jamison and John Bundy, to recover 320 acres of land, and to have decreed to him the title of the certificate, by virtue of which it was located. The plaintiff stated, that he was the owner of a certificate, for one-third of a league of land, granted to Isaac C. Williamson; that he acquired the said certificate from George W. Wright, in lieu of other certificates he had previously bought of Wright, the titles of which were not valid, or were supposed not to be; that the…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The errors of which the appellant’s counsel complains, relate principally to the instructions which he says were given to the jury in the court below. By an examination of the record, we perceive that the instructions to which the appellant’s counsel refers, do not bear the signature of the judge who presided at the trial in the court below. The statute requires the instructions which the judge gives to the jury, to be signed by the judge; and this court has frequently declined to consider instructions, which do not bear the judge’s signature.
The testimony shows very clearly, that the…
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