Odom v. Woodward
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Runnels. Tried below before Hon. Wm. Kennedy. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Henry, Associate Justice.
The defendant in error instituted this suit to try title to a league and labor of land lying in Runnels County, patented to the heirs of Hiram Friley.
Plaintiff claimed title to the whole through Julia Childress as the sole heir of said Hiram Friley.
Defendant claimed under conveyances coming through two children of the said Hiram by a different wife.
The date of Hiram Friley’s emigration to Texas, as well as his death, is uncertain. It may be assumed with some certainty that he was here as early as 1828 and died before 1837.
The certificate by virtue of which the land…
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