Wright's Administratrix v. Donnell
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Colorado. Tried 'below before the Hon. 'T. C. Barden. • A clear • though compendious statement -of the most important features and facts of this case will be found, in the opinion of the court. The items constituting the account of Donnell, the plaintiff, covered the series of years from 1858 down to 1866, both those years inclusive.
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Appeal from Colorado. Tried 'below before the Hon. 'T. C. Barden. • A clear • though compendious statement -of the most important features and facts of this case will be found, in the opinion of the court. The items constituting the account of Donnell, the plaintiff, covered the series of years from 1858 down to 1866, both those years inclusive. They were of various kinds, but principally for building cabins, cribs, and shops; work on dwelling house, sawmill, and plantation; wages as manager and overseer, and value .of plow animals furnished, aggregating $9,525 76. The bill claimed against…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Donnell is-the son-in-law of James Wright, deceased, whose wife is also. dead. The appellant is the administratrix *304and sole surviving child of Dr. James Wright. This suit was brought in the district court, after the death of Mrs. Donnell, and also of her brother Thomas, who died in 1864, Mrs. Donnell having died in 1865. Dr. James Wright is also dead, and Mrs. Gillespie, the appellant, is the survivor of the family. It appears that Dr. Wright had purchased a plantation upon which there was not much improvement; that Donnell had married his daughter, and for about fourteen months after his…
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