McKinney v. Brown

Citations

• 51 Tex. 94

Syllabus

<p>1. Sale of unrecosimended land certificate. — A conveyance by the grantee, of a first-class headlight certificate indorsed thereon, the certificate not having been recommended by the travelling board or established by suit, carries no interest in a certificate granted by special act of the Legislature to the original grantee or his heirs, in lieu of that on which the conveyance was indorsed.</p> <p>2. Special act.—The unrecommended certificate being void, a special act granting a certificate in lieu thereof is a gratuity, and the party named therein as grantee takes its benefits.</p>