Hendrix v. Hunn
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Wood. Tried below before the Hon. Z. Norton. On the 9th of February, 1850, a certificate for a league and . labor of land, No. 1421-1520, issued to Charles T. Stanley. On the 27th of December, 1851, Stanley mortgaged said certificate to Larkin Hendrix and B.' F. Pace. On the 8th of October, 1853, Stanley had surveyed by said certificate one league of land in Wood county; but whether the field-notes were returned to the General Land Office is not shown.
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Appeal from Wood. Tried below before the Hon. Z. Norton. On the 9th of February, 1850, a certificate for a league and . labor of land, No. 1421-1520, issued to Charles T. Stanley. On the 27th of December, 1851, Stanley mortgaged said certificate to Larkin Hendrix and B.' F. Pace. On the 8th of October, 1853, Stanley had surveyed by said certificate one league of land in Wood county; but whether the field-notes were returned to the General Land Office is not shown. The land so conveyed was covered by an older valid claim, having been titled to William Barnhill October 14, 1835. Li 1855 suit…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
The theory upon which this suit was brought is, that Larkin Hendrix, appellant’s testator, took the land set apart to him by the decree of the District Court in the case of ‘'Barnhill’s Heirs v. Barnhill’s Heirs, as a trustee in invitum for Sarah Stanley, the widow, legatee and executrix of Charles T. Stanley, deceased, or for her and plaintiff’s, appellees, in this court, as the legal and equitable owners of the headlight certificate for a league and labor of land, issued to said Charles T. Stanley. It was not the purpose of this suit to review and impeach or annul…
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