Morrison v. Bennette
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Montgomery County; D. F. Singleton, Judge. Suit by J. O. H. Bennette against W. A. •Morrison and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and named defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHightower, C. J.
The defendant in error, Bennette, as plaintiff below, filed this suit in the district court of Montgomery county, seeking to recover 160 acres of land, which was patented to Samuel V. Lamothe by patent No. 105, volume 41, and issued on May 3, 1873. The plaintiff named as defendants the unknown heirs of S. V. Lamothe, and also the unknown heirs of several other persons, and, in addition, named as defendants X. W. Holmes and W. A. Morrison, who were sued in their capacities as trustees for certain other persons named in the petition.
The first count of the plaintiff’s petition was in the…
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