Bell v. Warren
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bastrop. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. This suit was begun on the eighteenth day of June, 1873, by Matilda Bell, as sole heir of Absolom Williams, against Elvira Warren, as the heir of John York, to quiet title to a half league of land in Bastrop county, Texas, granted to the heirs of Absolom Williams.
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Appeal from Bastrop. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. This suit was begun on the eighteenth day of June, 1873, by Matilda Bell, as sole heir of Absolom Williams, against Elvira Warren, as the heir of John York, to quiet title to a half league of land in Bastrop county, Texas, granted to the heirs of Absolom Williams. The patent was issued to the half league in controversy on the fourteenth of June, 1848. Elvira Warren, in her answer, set up a contract between York and Williams, and alleged its performance-on the part of York. The answer averred, and the evidence disclosed, that…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The appellant was the wife, and is the .sole surviving heir of Absolom Williams.
The appellee is the heir of John York.
The appellant sued the appellee to quiet her title to a '.half league of land in Bastrop county.
The suit grows out of a contract made and entered into •on the fifth of April, 1837, between Williams and York. Under the Constitution of 1836, Williams became entitled ,to a headright for one league and labor of land.
The contract is substantially, that York shall locate the .land and procure a patent, as soon as practicable, at his own expense, for which he is to receive in…
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