Newby v. Haltaman

Reeves, Associate Justice.

Appellees claim the land described in their petition as heirs at law of Abraham Haltaman, deceased.

They produced and read in evidence on the trial a patent from the Republic of Texas to Isaac Saunders for 1,280 acres of land, bearing date February 11, 1846, and a deed of conveyance from Saunders to Abraham Haltaman dated March 10, 1846.

The heirship of appellees being admitted on the trial, the questions in the case relate to the patent to Saunders and the conveyance from him to Abraham Haltaman, and to appellees’ right to recover in this suit by virtue of the patent…