Holmes v. Anderson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Taylor. Tried below before J. W. Stephens, Esq., special judge. The suit was brought by J. T. Anderson in trespass to try title. . The suit involved the validity of conflicting locations and surveys; ■■ the pleadings and evidence were lengthy, and a statement of them would not make more plain the principles involved and decided than the opinion states them.
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.—
The parol evidence offered to prove
the conveyance of the land certificate to Worthington was not admissible, it appearing that the conveyance was made by an instrument in writing; and besides, if it had been admissible, it was insufficient to prove the conveyance.
The certified copy of the conveyance of the certificate having been withdrawn from the consideration of the court before any ruling was made as to .its admissibility, it cannot now be considered.
In view of another trial, it is proper to say that a certified copy of a land certificate, made by the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Short v. WadeTexas Supreme Court · 1860
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