Porter v. Burnett

Citations

• 60 Tex. 220
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 306

Syllabus

<p>1. Conditional certificate.— Prima facie an unconditional certificate is the separate property of him to whom it issued, the conditional certificate having issued to him as a single man.</p> <p>2. Land certificate.—An unlocated land certificate is a chattel. By consent of the heirs of the grantee it might be located and divided as realty, but not so as to affect the wife, whose interest in the land covered by it would be only a life estate of one-third, whereas her interest in it considered as a chattel would be one-third absolutely.</p>