Nunn v. Mayes

HEAD, Associate Justice.

— This is an action of trespass to try title, instituted by appellee to recover from appellant .984 acres of land, a part of the one-third league granted to colonist Isaac Aldridge. Appellee claimed under an Isaac Aldridge, who married Polly Worthington, in Georgia, sometime prior to 1835. Appellant claimed under an Isaac Aldridge, who was born in Bhode Island, and went to Georgia when quite young, where he lived with his uncle, George Aldridge, until 1835, when he came to Texas, and died, without ever having been married.

The verdict finding that the Isaac Aldridge…