Legal Opinion
Lynn v. Burnett
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 23, 1904PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of King. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Morgan.
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Associate Justice.
The court instructed a verdict for appellee, who was plaintiff in the action, and to this the errors are assigned.
The land sued for is the Jeoffrey Brown survey of 1226 acres in King County, patented April 18, 1884, in the name of the heirs of Jeoffrey Brown, by virtue of headright certificate issued to J. J. Ward, administrator of the estate of Jeoffrey Brown May 21, 1842. Indorsed on this certificate was a transfer to Barnett Hicklin, as follows:
“The Bepublic of Texas, County of Bed Biver. This is to certify that I, James J. Ward, administrator of the estate of…
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