Patterson v. Allen
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. li. S. Walker. The facts are sufficiently set out in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
The judgment complained of by plaintiffs in error enforces a vendor’s lien on certain land purchased by their ancestor, John Patterson, Sr., and held by them as his heirs. The plaintiff’s in error excepted to the jurisdiction of the court, and the first proposition which their counsel presents is, that the pleadings of the plaintiff below *25show “that the cleht sued for was a claim against the estate of a deceased person; that the time for administration had not elapsed when this suit was brought, and no legal reason is shown why said plaintiff was prevented, without…
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