Ryan v. Texas & Pacific Railroad
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Hood. This was an application made by the Texas & Pacific Railway Company in the county court of Tarrant county, Texas, to probate a paper as the last will and testament of Caroline M. Daggett, who died November 6, lS'fh The application was filed July 4, 1882. The application alleged that C. M. Daggett left her sole surviving heirs, L. C. Adams, a son, and the following grandchildren, among others: E. M. Turner, William…
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Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Hood. This was an application made by the Texas & Pacific Railway Company in the county court of Tarrant county, Texas, to probate a paper as the last will and testament of Caroline M. Daggett, who died November 6, lS'fh The application was filed July 4, 1882. The application alleged that C. M. Daggett left her sole surviving heirs, L. C. Adams, a son, and the following grandchildren, among others: E. M. Turner, William Turner, Robert L. Turner, George H. Turner, Amanda Turner, Josephine H. Ryan, Charles Turner, Carrie Keller, Saney V.…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J. Com. App.
The probate of this will is sought by the plaintiff to establish the will of Mrs. Caroline M. Daggett as an essential muniment of title in behalf of the plaintiff, so as under the will, when established, it may be shown that at the time the plaintiff acquired the land conveyed to it by her husband, E. M. Daggett, she then having previously died, said will had invested him, as devisee under it, with all her right, title and interest to and in the property, and that the plaintiff’s title would not be subject to the claim of her heirs to the community interest which she had…
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