Wichita Land & Cattle Co. v. Ward

HEAD, Associate Justice.

This case was tried before the court without a jury, and the facts are correctly set forth in the special findings filed in the court below, as follows:

The Board of Land Commissioners of Shelby County issued certificate No. 472 to H. Corzine as assignee of John Ransom, for one league and labor of land, dated May 19, 1838, and transferred on May 23, 1838, to F. M. Weatherred by said Corzine, by written transfer upon the back .thereof. This certificate was cancelled by the Commissioner of the Gen eral Land Office on April 23, 1853. Certificate No. 2817-2918, for one…