Henderson v. Ford
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Fort Bend. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. In 1860, Drury B. Bohanon became the owner of a tract of 328 acres of land in Fort Bend county. He inclosed a field of twenty-five acres; erected four or five cabins thereon; was a single man, and resided with his negroes on the place, cultivating it until September, 1861, when he joined the Confederate army.
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Appeal from Fort Bend. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. In 1860, Drury B. Bohanon became the owner of a tract of 328 acres of land in Fort Bend county. He inclosed a field of twenty-five acres; erected four or five cabins thereon; was a single man, and resided with his negroes on the place, cultivating it until September, 1861, when he joined the Confederate army. When he left, he empowered his brother-in-law, Dr. Prince, to sell the land, and to manage his business in Texas. The farm was cultivated by Bohanon’s negroes, under the control of Dr. Prince. Bohanon married in…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
All of the errors assigned by appellants for the reversal of the judgment, unless it is the first, are too general and indefinite to require of us any special notice; and while the first supposed error pointed out by the assignment may not be subject to this objection, it is, intrinsically, entitled to no serious consideration. It has not been noticed by counsel for appellants, in their brief, and *630we may reasonably conclude that on reflection it was deemed by them to be untenable, and therefore abandoned.
If, however, we can regard the other errors complained of in the…
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