Walker v. Howard
Texas Supreme Court
. Appeal from Harms. Tried below before the Hon.. George it. 'Seott. The subject matter of this well-contestbd ease was a tract of thirteen hundred acres of land in Harris county, conveyed by C. W. Buckley to King Holstein, by warranty deed of date March 8,1860, for the consideration of-three thousand five hundred dollars.
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. Appeal from Harms. Tried below before the Hon.. George it. 'Seott. The subject matter of this well-contestbd ease was a tract of thirteen hundred acres of land in Harris county, conveyed by C. W. Buckley to King Holstein, by warranty deed of date March 8,1860, for the consideration of-three thousand five hundred dollars. This tract was part of a larger' tract, comprising fifteen hundred and fifty-five acres, conveyed to 0. W. Buckley in 1846 by the administrator of Bichard Vince, the original .grantee, from the government. For five or six years previous to this conveyance, the ■land appears…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The subject matter of suit is the undivided half of fifteen hundred acres of land, situated in Harris county.
On the twenty-eighth of October, 1868, W. H. Howard, Mary L. Howard and Jenny M. Buckley filed their petition against James K. Holland, Annie J. Holland and others. W. B. Walker, as the executor of the will of King Holstein, deceased, was made a defendant by amended petition.
In the progress of suit, the plaintiffs have, dismissed as to all defendants except Walker and the Hollands.
It appears that the Hollands -were in possession of the land at the commencement of .suit, claiming title…
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