Cannon v. Hemphill
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bastrop. Mozea Rosseau removed to Texas, in 1828, accompanied by his reputed lawful wife, Sarah Rosseau, and their three children, viz, Mary, who subsequently married one Welobmeyer, but at the commencement of tins suit was intermarried with Wm. A. Hemphill, one of the appellees; and James and-Lavinia Rosseau. He was also accompanied by a woman named Polly Childress, who lived in the same house with his family.
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Appeal from Bastrop. Mozea Rosseau removed to Texas, in 1828, accompanied by his reputed lawful wife, Sarah Rosseau, and their three children, viz, Mary, who subsequently married one Welobmeyer, but at the commencement of tins suit was intermarried with Wm. A. Hemphill, one of the appellees; and James and-Lavinia Rosseau. He was also accompanied by a woman named Polly Childress, who lived in the same house with his family. The wife Sarah died in 1829; and the surviving husband continued to cohabit with the woman Polly, and treat her as his wife, and; in December, 1831, was united to her in…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
The examination of the first ground assigned will necessarily involve the consideration of several questions, which must be determined before a conclusion as to the propriety or the error of the ruling of the court can be attained. The various points presented by the proposition raised by the exception, as to the legal sufficiency of the petition, have been discussed with an ability, a zeal, and elaborate research worthy of the counsel engaged, and due to the importance of the interests and principles involved in'the cause. They have not been treated in the arguments of the…
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