Brockenborough v. Melton
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from San Saba. Tried below before the Hon. W. A. Blackburn.
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
The subject matter of this suit is the north half of block No. 10 of Harwood & Fentress’ addition to the town of San Saba, being part of nine hundred and sixty acres of land patented April 9, 1849, to J. Porter Brown, by virtue of the Ozwin Wilcox bounty warrant.
The suit is one of trespass to try title, brought July 8, 1878, by appellant, Sallie P. Brockenborough, joined by her husband,, against appellee W. T. Melton. Both parties claim under J. Porter Brown as a common source of title.
Plaintiffs’ claim of title is two-fold: First, in right of Mrs. Brockenborough as…
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