Sickles v. White
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Wise. Tried below before the Hon. F. E. Finer. This was an action of trespass to try title, the appellants being plaintiffs.
Read the full summary
Appeal from Wise. Tried below before the Hon. F. E. Finer. This was an action of trespass to try title, the appellants being plaintiffs. Their claim was based upon (1) a transfer by will, August 26, 1844, by L. B. Henderson, the assignee of the original grantee of the certificate to Mary G. Herndon; (2) patent to L. B. Henderson, January 26, 1858, recorded in 1860; (3) a sale of the certificate by Mary G. Herndon and her husband, prior to its location in 1850, to Ashley Parker, who had it located upon the land in controversy; (4) a conveyance of the land by Parker to O. A. Bulkley, dated July…
1Opinion of the CourtStayton, Associate Justice
The appellants claim under a transfer of the certificate, by virtue of which the land in controversy was granted, claimed to have been made prior to the issue of the patent, and the appellees claim through a regular chain of title from the patentee to themselves. There was some controversy as to one of the transfers of the land certificate through which the appellants claim, and, in view of that fact, the court below informed the jury that title to the certificate would pass by written transfer or by verbal sale, and further, that title thereto might be acquired by an adverse holding for two…
2Cited by12 opinions
- College Park Electric Belt Line v. A. L. Ide & SonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Quarles v. HardinTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
- Luckel v. Barnsdall Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Uvalde Co. v. TribbleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
- Arrowood v. BlountCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.