Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Silliman
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 6, 1899No. 777PublishedCited by 36 opinions
Questions oebtieied from the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Anderson County.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
In this case the Court of Civil Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District have certified to us the following statement and questions:
“One of the appellees, Mrs. Julia C. Silliman, in the capacity of executrix of the will of J. M. Silliman, deceased, brought this suit on the 26th day of October, 1897, to recover'the land in controversy from Mrs. Susan C. Blackerby, Mrs. Emma F. Barton and husband, Mrs. Sallie-Brown and husband, Robert Blackerby, Sam Blackerby, and Archibald E. Anderson. The petition contained the ordinary allegations proper to an action of trespass…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- White v. ColeTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- McKelvain v. AllenTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Jones v. BurgettTexas Supreme Court · 1876
- Lundy v. PiersonTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Patterson v. RogersTexas Supreme Court · 1880
3Cited by36 opinions
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- National Bank of Cleburne v. CarperCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1902
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. HarrisonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Rutledge v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
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