Wardrup v. Jones
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before James M. Anderson, Esq., selected as special judge by the parties. This was a suit by the appellee against the appellant, for 640 acres of land, located and patented, by virtue of a bounty warrant granted to Samuel Jones.
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Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before James M. Anderson, Esq., selected as special judge by the parties. This was a suit by the appellee against the appellant, for 640 acres of land, located and patented, by virtue of a bounty warrant granted to Samuel Jones. The plaintiff in her petition alleged, that she was the surviving widow and sole heir of said Samuel Jones, who died in Nacogdoches, where he then resided, in 1837; and, as such, that she was the owner of the said land. It was further averred in the petition, that an administrator of the estate of the said Samuel Jones was appointed…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
It is contended, on the part of the appellant, that Mrs. Jones cannot be heard to assert her claim, as the heir of her deceased husband, because she was an alien at the time of his death, and has remained such ever since. This position is only noticed, for the purpose of stating that the testimony shows, that Samuel Jones died in the county of Nacogdoches, on the 5th day of July, 1837. The annexation of Texas to the Federal Union, was consummated on the 16th of February, 1846. Nine years had not elapsed, from the death of Samuel Jones until the consummation of annexation, and it is the…
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