Lacey v. Floyd
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from McLennan County. Floyd and others sued Lacey and others for the recovery of land and had judgment therefor. Defendants appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Thomas Steele, who is the common source of title, made a will on the 4th day of December, 1867; his wife being then alive, but she died before he did. Thomas Steele died in 1868, and the will was duly probated in McLennan county during that year. Amos B. Steele was a son of Thomas Steele and survived his father. On the 8th day of April, 1872, Amos B. Steele made a deed which was duly executed and delivered, by which he conveyed the land in controversy to W. A. Poindexter, under whom the plaintiffs in error claim title. Amos B. Steele died on the 31st day of October,…
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