Morris v. Hand

Maltbie, Presiding Judge.

This suit was brought on the fifth day of June, 1884, by the appellees, James Hand and others, the only heirs of Jacob S. Hand, against the appellant, J. S. Morris, to recover a tract of land in Montague county, patented to the heirs of John J. Hand. The evidence puts the title to the land in appellees, unless their claim is defeated, in whole or in part, by other facts proven on the trial. The land was patented September 6, 1855, by virtue of a certificate issued to the heirs of John J. Hand on account of services rendered by said Hand in the Texas Revolution. John…