Hornsey v. Bacon
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Williamson. Tried below before the Hon. R. E. B. Baylor. The facts are stated in the Opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
The appellee, Thomas S. Bacon, claiming under John M. & Felix Hornsby, sued Thomas Hornsby and others for the partition of a third of a league of land patented in 1846 to the heirs of Moses Hornsby. The petition alleges that Moses Hornsby died without children or surviving parents, leaving five brothers his heirs-at-law, viz: Reuben, Thomas, Duke, John and Felix Hornsby. The defendants pleaded a general denial; that Moses Hornsby died in Texas in 1836; that the plaintiff and those under whom he claims, were at that time aliens, and have never since become citizens of Texas.…
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