Porter v. Chronister
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. Joseph Bledsoe. On December 30,1876, appellees brought this action of trespass to try title against appellant and others, to recover a one-half interest in and to the land described in their petition, claiming as the coinmunity interest of their deceased mother; claiming that John Ohronister and.
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Appeal from Grayson. Tried below before the Hon. Joseph Bledsoe. On December 30,1876, appellees brought this action of trespass to try title against appellant and others, to recover a one-half interest in and to the land described in their petition, claiming as the coinmunity interest of their deceased mother; claiming that John Ohronister and. Elizabeth, their father and mother, emigrated to Peters’ colony, and settled upon the land in controversy in 1845; that Elizabeth died in 1849, leaving appellees George and Sarah, and two other minor children since deceased without issue; that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.
Was the land in controversy the separate property of John Ohronister? He emigrated to Peters’ colony with his wife and children, and settled upon this land in 1845; the wife died in 1849, and he applied for and secured a certificate for six *55hundred and forty acres, by reason of that emigration and settlement of himself and family, under the act of January 21, 1850. Subsequently a portion of this certificate was applied to the land, which was thereafter patented to Blagg as assignee of John Chronister.
Upon these facts we think the case of Hodges v. Donald, 55 Tex., 344,…
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