Stone v. Dorsett
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Nelson H. Munger. The evidence on the trial in the District Court, in this case, was as follows : J. G. Remide, for Stone, testified that he was the attorney and legal adviser of James Spillman, the decedent, for more than a year before his decease ; that about four days before his death, witness met decedent in the street on his way home from his place of business in Galveston ; walked along with decedent, who told him that…
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Error from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. Nelson H. Munger. The evidence on the trial in the District Court, in this case, was as follows : J. G. Remide, for Stone, testified that he was the attorney and legal adviser of James Spillman, the decedent, for more than a year before his decease ; that about four days before his death, witness met decedent in the street on his way home from his place of business in Galveston ; walked along with decedent, who told him that in the event of his death he did not want Brown or his wife to have anything to do • with his estate or his children, as…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
On or about the 14th December, 1854, James H. Spillman departed this life, having, a short time previous to his death, executed his last will and testament, to the effect as follows : I want my children brought to Galveston ; Dr. Stone to take charge of them as guardian for them ; sell the perishable property ; rent out the house ; hire out the negroes, &c ; my son Charles I want Mrs. Stone to take charge of, and keep him with her until he is old enough to put to school as a child of her own.
(Signed,) J. H. SPILLMAN.
Attest: John Burgess,
J. H. Sxlvester,
Sarah A. Stone.
December…
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