Griffin v. Stadler's Administrators
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before the Hon. Samuel L. Earle. The general character of this case is shown by the opinion of the court, and also the most material of the facts. The defendants proved the gift by two witnesses, who were their son and daughter. They thought it was made in the Summer of 1862, and some months prior to the death of Stadler, which occurred in November of that year.
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Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before the Hon. Samuel L. Earle. The general character of this case is shown by the opinion of the court, and also the most material of the facts. The defendants proved the gift by two witnesses, who were their son and daughter. They thought it was made in the Summer of 1862, and some months prior to the death of Stadler, which occurred in November of that year. To defeat the alleged gift, the plaintiffs were permitted to prove by sundry witnesses repeated remarks of Stadler, on his death-bed and previously, to the general effect that he intended to leave Ms…
1Opinion of the CourtOgden, J.
Suit was instituted in this cause by theappellees as administrators on the estate of Robert G. Stadler, against the appellants in 1864, to obtain possession of certain promissory notes belonging to said estate, and the last will and testament of the said Robert G. Stadler, deceased, which they charge the defendants in the court below of having, by a fraudulent combination, got possession of, and that now, by suppressing said will, they claim said notes as their own. property, or rather as the property of one of the defendants, Malinda A. Griffin. They further charge that the defendants are…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sprague v. KneelandNew York Supreme Court · 1834
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