Ellis v. Stone
Court of Appeals of Texas
Tried below before Hon. J. R. Dickinson.
1Opinion of the Court
KEY, Associate Justice.
This is the second appeal in this case. A judgment in favor of the present appellants was reversed on the former appeal. 62 Texas, 325. The suit was brought by appellants against the heirs of Jesse Bussell, to remove cloud from title to 1000 acres of land, part of the Jesse Bussell league survey.
Appellants’ petition alleges, in substance, that in 1850 Jane Hill, formerly Bussell, and widow of Jesse Bussell and guardian of their children, made a contract with one Williams to hunt up the Jesse Bussell headlight league certificate, which was lost, and locate and have the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Anderson v. KentSupreme Court of Kansas · 1875
- Pickering v. ReynoldsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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