Withers v. Patterson
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Fielding Jones. Trespass to try title and for damages, brought by the plaintiffs in error against the defendant in error, on the 7th of August, 1858. The material facts are stated fully in the opinion of the court, There was verdict and judgment below for the defendant, and the plaintiffs prosecute their writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The plaintiffs in this suit are the surviving wife and the children of B. W. Withers, deceased. They claim the land *494in controversy by a chain of title from the original grantee of the government, Henry Harrison. Henry Harrison died in Colorado county in the early part of the year A. D. 1837. In the month of March, A. D. 1837, Abram Alley was appointed administrator of the estate of Harrison. He continued to act in the capacity of administrator of the estate until the July Term, 1840, of the Probate .Court, at which time he presented his final account showing a balance due him by the estate of…
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