The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 139West Publishing Company, 1911 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... death of William Hardin , and in the year 1839 , his brother , Franklin F. Har- din , as his administrator , filed an inventory of his property , in which the claim of the estate of the said Wm . Hardin to the Martinez land is set forth ...
... death of William Hardin , and in the year 1839 , his brother , Franklin F. Har- din , as his administrator , filed an inventory of his property , in which the claim of the estate of the said Wm . Hardin to the Martinez land is set forth ...
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... death of said O. P. Kel- ton , on the day of 1857 . “ ( 10 ) Jane O. Hardin , daughter of Wm . Hardin , became of ... death Adolph Sterne and Charles Taylor adduced in 1859. He had one dwelling house and on the trial was that recited in ...
... death of said O. P. Kel- ton , on the day of 1857 . “ ( 10 ) Jane O. Hardin , daughter of Wm . Hardin , became of ... death Adolph Sterne and Charles Taylor adduced in 1859. He had one dwelling house and on the trial was that recited in ...
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... death , and about 1851 , and James Davis , Jr. , resided upon said property and cultivated the same for a period of 20 years . Although no deed has been offered in evidence from James Davis , Sr. , to James Davis , Jr. , the proof is ...
... death , and about 1851 , and James Davis , Jr. , resided upon said property and cultivated the same for a period of 20 years . Although no deed has been offered in evidence from James Davis , Sr. , to James Davis , Jr. , the proof is ...
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... death , an uncertain interest , by some sort of agree- ment with Martinez , for his services as lo- cator . This is entirely consistent with the fact that in 1837 , before Hardin's death , Martinez conveyed to Taylor one half of the ...
... death , an uncertain interest , by some sort of agree- ment with Martinez , for his services as lo- cator . This is entirely consistent with the fact that in 1837 , before Hardin's death , Martinez conveyed to Taylor one half of the ...
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... death . interest of said Mrs. Mary Winfree in the two tracts. " The defendants say that they have never asserted exclusive title or right under said will to any property which was the subject matter of said will , nor to any property in ...
... death . interest of said Mrs. Mary Winfree in the two tracts. " The defendants say that they have never asserted exclusive title or right under said will to any property which was the subject matter of said will , nor to any property in ...
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