Campbell v. Holt
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mu. Justice Miller
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Texas.
The action was brought in the District Court of "Washington County, Texas, May 16, 1814, by Holt, the defendant in error, against the present plaintiffs in error. Holt sued as devisee and legatee of his wife, Malvina, who was the daughter of John Stamps, deceased, of whose estate Moina and J. B. Campbell are administrators.
The action was founded in the allegation that Malvina Stamps, afterwards Holt, inherited from her mother, Henrietta Stamps, the wife of John Stamps, an…
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