Ferguson v. Ricketts
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Hardin County. Ricketts and others sued Ferguson and others in trespass to try title, and obtained judgment which was affirmed on appeal. Appellants then procured writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Angelina Ricketts, S. R. Curtis, Georgia Ricketts, M. W. Francis, Robbie Francis, Joe Ramsour, and J. S. Ramsour sued the plaintiffs in error, G. R. Ferguson, W. A. Martin, J. D. Hooks, and Elias Shaw, in the District Court of Hardin County to recover a league of land granted by Coahuila and Texas to Gregoria Garcia. Camilla G. Davis and A. P. Gray intervened, claiming a part of the survey.
The grant to Garcia was made on the 30th day of June, 1835, and on the 33d day of September, 1857, Gregoria Garcia conveyed the land to R. W. B. Martin. The plaintiffs and the…
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