Fulton v. Robinson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. H. Barksdale. July 2, 1874, Mary E. Robinson and Sarah J. Choat (joined with their husbands), as heirs of Israel Earles, brought suit in “ trespass to try title ” for three hundred and twenty acres of land against Benjamin Fulton and Charles Harold. July 13, 1874, defendants demurred and pleaded not guilty.
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Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. H. Barksdale. July 2, 1874, Mary E. Robinson and Sarah J. Choat (joined with their husbands), as heirs of Israel Earles, brought suit in “ trespass to try title ” for three hundred and twenty acres of land against Benjamin Fulton and Charles Harold. July 13, 1874, defendants demurred and pleaded not guilty. July 13, 1875, amending, defendants alleged that on 23d of March, 1859, one James Henderson bought of the said Israel Earles the land sued for for $1,120, of which $300 was paid at the date of the purchase, and the balance, $820, February…
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
If the receipt given by Israel Earles, deceased, to James Henderson, was such written agreement of the sale of the land therein mentioned as gave to the county court of Tarrant comity jurisdiction to make the order directing S. B. Russell, as the administrator of Earles, to make the deed to Henderson, under the statute then in force (Pasch. Dig., 1313), then the deed made by the administrator, Russell, to Henderson constituted such legal title as would defeat the claim of plaintiffs as the heirs of Earles.
This receipt is as follows: “Received of James Henderson three…
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