Norton v. Cantagrel

Citations

• 60 Tex. 538
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 373

Syllabus

<p>1. Heirs—Colonist.—A colonist in Peters’ colony settled with his Avife and child on the land afterwards granted to him in 1843, and improved it. In 1844, during his absence with his family to another state, the wife and child died. In 1845 he returned, and two years afterwards again married, and with his second wife lived on the land until 1854. The colonist in his application for the land made oath to his immigration as a colonist with his wife and child prior to July, 1848. Held, that the children of the second mar- ' riage inherited from their mother no interest in the land.</p>