Miller v. Foster
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Gonzales. Tried below before Hon. George McCormick.
1Opinion of the Court
HOBBY, Judge.
This is an action of trespass to try title brought by the appellants, on the 13th day of January, 1886, against the appellees, to recover an undivided one-half interest in 1107 acres of land ■granted to Darwin M. Stapp.
The appellants deraign title to the land from and under the will of Thomas P. Rutledge, executed on January 7, 1848, and probated on April 29, 1850.
It was provided by the clause of the will under which appellants claim title that all property, real or personal, owned by the testator should vest first in Eliza Rutledge, his wife, for the period of twenty-one years…
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