Legal Opinion
Davis v. Bargas
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 1895No. 341PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Question Certified by Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. Chief Justice James not sitting.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
—The Court of Civil Appeals of the Fourth Supreme Judicial District certify for our decision a question which they state as follows:
“The appellants, as heirs of Thos. R. Nichols, instituted an action of trespass to try title to 111 acres of land. The appellees claim through a transfer of a conditional certificate from Nichols to R. H. Wynne.
“The following unconditional land certificate was introduced in evidence by appellees:
‘640 acres. 2nd Class, No. 8.
“ ‘This is to certify, that Robt. H. Wynne presented to the Hon. the County Court of Guadalupe County the conditional…
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