Hancock v. Tram Lumber Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Jasper. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Ford. The appellants, Electra C. Hancock, and her husband W. J. Hancock, H. H. Allen, Jr., Emmett B. Allen, Myrtle Hancock and her husband Jas.
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Appeal from Jasper. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Ford. The appellants, Electra C. Hancock, and her husband W. J. Hancock, H. H. Allen, Jr., Emmett B. Allen, Myrtle Hancock and her husband Jas. W. Hancock, as plaintiffs below, filed their petition in the district court of Jasper county, July 25, 1882, in the ordinary form of trespass to try title, against the Tram Lumber company, James Masterson and Henry Fox, to recover a league of land in Jasper county, granted to Martin Flores. The plaintiffs claimed title as the heirs of Harvey H. Allen, deceased. Defendants pleaded not guilty. John…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
The deed from A. C. Allen to H. R. and S. L. Allen, of date January 16, 1839, embraced land in Harris county, and was there recorded. A certified copy of that deed was offered as evidence after the proof of the inability of the plaintiffs to produce the original was made, and it was excluded presumably upon the ground that it was not admissible because never recorded in Jasper county, in which the land in controversy is situated. It is not contended that the deed was not properly recorded in Harris county.
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