Hickman v. Gillum
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Milam. Tried below before the Hon. W. E. Collard. The opinion states the necessary facts. The first special charge asked and refused, was: “If you believe that the title was granted to the Maria Josefa Delgado that plaintiffs claim title under, you will find for the plaintiff, notwithstanding the testimonio may have been delivered to some other person.”
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Appeal from Milam. Tried below before the Hon. W. E. Collard. The opinion states the necessary facts. The first special charge asked and refused, was: “If you believe that the title was granted to the Maria Josefa Delgado that plaintiffs claim title under, you will find for the plaintiff, notwithstanding the testimonio may have been delivered to some other person.” The third special charge asked and refused, was: “If the evidence shows that there were two persons of the name of Maria Josefa Delgado, and one of them resided in Eobinson colony at the time of the issuing of the title, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by Hickman to recover of Gillum and others a tract of land originally granted to one Maria Josefa Delgado by Wm. H. Steele, commissioner appointed to issue titles to colonists under the Nashville company’s colonization contract. Bach party claimed under a person bearing the name of Maria Josefa Delgado, the plaintiff showing title under a person of that name, who was at the date of the grant the wife of one Francisco Martinez, and the defendants showing title under a person of the same name, who, at the date of the grant, was the widow of one…
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