Dodge v. Phelan

KEY, Associate Justice.

Findings of facts. 1. That a man by the name of Green B. Jamison went from the State of North Carolina to Texas in the year 1835 or 1836, and enlisted in the Texas army in the war between Texas and Mexico, and was killed in what is called ‘ ‘ Fannin’s Massacre,” at Goliad, Texas.

2. That at the time of his death he was a soldier from a “ foreign State” enlisted in the Texas army.

3. That he was the father of the plaintiff John Jamison.

4. That prior to the year 1836 another man by the name of Green B. Jamison emigrated from the State of Kentucky to Texas, while the latter…