The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-12-16
ADuINJyJRaYORS' NOTICE
District Court Of HARRISON county, Decsnbe,
Term, ls5i.--Ne. AIS.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.

John VI. Waskom vs. Tra,sis oskely and o,ae.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
HARRISON CopSrs.
10 No Sheriff Of sad County, Gresf,rg
\NiuERt.AS, Inhn " Wa.t".. 49, si..s
w day flied his petition in the Clerks OF.
fee Of the District Court of said county, ins
certain suit wherein he i. plaintiff and Emily
A. Clark and her husband Hugh 7, Clark, and
France Onhciy, are defendants numbered on
the docket Of said court. ans, @hirh said pc
l.l.oh IS in substance ~ follows; Ihs, tho
plaintiff is the owner of certain duplicate
hcadfight certificate issued ty the commits
sioncr oi the general lapd office OF The State o:
Texas to John g. Nhoemaler, for one.th'd -
a league IF land, on, TO vic, the 10th day Of
Match. is53, which i- IN substance set ont IN
,a.d petition That on the I7ti day Of Sep.
temher, 1893. he filed said eer,iii.aie with tho
surveyor of sad county, and caused him to
surs., certain land in said county by virtue
thereof whitA said survey Is marked aud mum.
bcfrd on he map OF said county rs survey No
1886 iu district No. |. surveyed September !7th,
1854, containing ak hundred and forly acres OF
iand in -ai county. between B.g and Little
Cypress aAnst one mie and hall routh-cast
from thc town of Jefferson ia Cass county,
being portion Of ia. land 50 which he is en-
tliIrd by virtue Of said certificate, aiN that Tho
certificate 81 which the same Is duplicate, vas
q lteal and genuine cerlihcntc; and that tho
sam. va. recommended for palont and .ha,
the plBiatd was then and now is the legal
owner OF said land and entitled TO the pes.
session thereof and that he caused said cert.
hcaie and the field unies of said survey. to b"
returned 20 and filed N the General Land OF.
fco, ou. 90 wit, the 49, dav Of - and with.
Ia tire time prescribed by iaw, and then de-
mauacd Of the commissioner Of said office
patent on said land, which the said commits
.iouer then refused to issue, and continues To-
refuse 80 issue the same, stating as reason
therefor, that the SAME cOniloied With a survey
made under certificate issued % the SAID
Francis Oakley by the board of land commits
sioners Tor Shelby county, on the 9Th day Of
April ls3Q f4r ia hundred and forty acres Of
iand. which snid certificate 81 IN substance 81,
out IN aai petition and that the survey made
bp virtue thereof comedies Throughout. with
ttgsuryp1 first aforesaid, and neludes the sano
and
That plaintiff Is prevented from obtaining
patent Go ,Nt land by reason Of the survey last
Aforesaid, and hy no other cause aud that III"
same and iae certificate under and by virtue oi
which the same was made. are fraudulent, ana
null and yoid ard thl! both Of the same ought
60 DC vacated, annul'ed and set aside, and thai
Tire said land was a; the date Of bis said file
and survey. vacant, and a part IT the public
domsin; aud that the same is fraudulent, and
rH'l and void for this.
That tie SAID certificate Of said Oakely wns
not rc1mmcnded for a patent, for this, that
ihc certificate ~ said Oakley pufpof,a 10 be an
unconditional certificate, and It appears from
she same tbel the same was l-sued on the 5th
day ef Aprl, lsA), and that sa.l Oakley .in,.
grated % ibv Repabhc Of Texas 10 the month
% june. 1896
FIR this, tha. Ffaueis Oakeiy is a fetiii,a.
prfHsu Ant not the maine Of a real person VIII,
Vas citizen OF Texas ut any time,
For lh.s, that Francis pnssy DID no, cmi-
CRATE 90 The Republic Of Texas IN June, $3.50.
NJ al hay other tune. aud remain therein for
tAreo years next thereafter, doing and perform
in. The duties Of citizen, and that ais said
certificate was obtained BY fraud and perjury.
gracliscd AVID committed before and upon sad
board Ia and about obtaining the same, and by
ne other nenns
For this thai said Oakley had no, obtained
ara uucoad tional h.adrighl certificate =, toe
time Aforesaid, when said plaintiff filed hi. SAID
certificate aud field notes ~ the SAID General
lAnd Ohec, and demanded patcn; Of sad
hind md that az that time the county courts.
or ans other ts.hanal or person, MAS not nu-
fhurisrd 90 issue unconditional certificates, snt
.N"' y" t'is'V 7A'n N'-N'ss ca" "a,e Nv s'N'
'' 500 ielI -' against Sa,u fla'"l'.
iNa' 'Ae 'e,ile"se % s&l' oakvy ! w
-. "a Sa'd AiN',a, ana ,hs. Emmy ~
~ ~ "'p W. "'Nes"'' lug" - 70 "
we 10 AMI elaim 'a'd 'and, anaef ana py 'f'us
20 Wy Wy 80 ~ 'H'sN - Wv ~
heaH'ighi e.flis4ea'e OF said oshe'y'
"ai' p'"hitli PfFs "a. NA' '''Ne'} ~" '.'s'
'hli'l y anu hNsn ''@iN, "s e'a'e 'e'ei'",
.N'- ~ WIS SUIT ana tNal sA'a '"se'S De ,"eu
f .
n a,. ,b,.' esye hs Grated and .et inside Ia
iana and he also prays for general relief. and