Hill v. Townsend
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Fayette. Tried below before the Hon. Robert I. Townes. This suit was commenced on the 22d October, 1850, by Stephen Townsend, the appellee’s intestate, against Isaac L. Hill, the appellant, to recover certain negroes which he claimed to be entitled to, as assignee of the heirs of Benjamin Thomas, deceased.
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Appeal from Fayette. Tried below before the Hon. Robert I. Townes. This suit was commenced on the 22d October, 1850, by Stephen Townsend, the appellee’s intestate, against Isaac L. Hill, the appellant, to recover certain negroes which he claimed to be entitled to, as assignee of the heirs of Benjamin Thomas, deceased. The allegations in the plaintiff’s petition, and the various amendments thereto, so far as it is necessary to state them, for the proper understanding of the case, were, substantially, that Benjamin Thomas, a citizen of Texas, died intestate, in 1838, possessed, together with…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
We have attentively considered the many questions presented in this case, but we do not propose to enter into an elaborate discussion of any of them; because our opinion will lead to a reversal of the judgment, and it is not probable, that many of the questions will present themselves upon another trial.
We are of opinion, that the court below erred in the ruling presented for our review, by the fifth bill of exceptions, in relation to the admission in evidence of the power of attorney, from Egerton and Gill to Joseph J. Little.
This cause was tried in the District Court, in November, 1853. In…
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