Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-31
Citation No. 2,54J.
STATE OF TEXAS.

STATE OF IEAAS.
TO the Sheriff or any Constable Of T'nrdn
County Greeting
You are hereby commanded that, by max
ing publication of this citation in some news
paper published in the county of Tarrant
state OF Texas, Tor four consecutive weeks
previous TO the return day thereof. yen sum
mon William NJ. Robinson, whose residence
is unknown, to be and appear before the
next term Of the district court, to be holden
within and for the county of Tarrant at the
court house thereof, in the city of Fort
Worth, ON the seventh Monday after the Sc
ond Monday in November A. ~, 1882, then
and there TO answer the petition OF Robert
Toombs, tiled in said court on the It'll day of
ecem Der, A. D., 1882 against the said Will
nam NJ. Robinson and alleging IN substance
as follows, to wit That on the Goth day of
February, 1850, the board of land commis-
sioners of Fayette county. Texas, issued head
right certificate NO. 2il for Go acres of land
70 NJ. l.. Irimole, assignee OF william NJ.
Robinson; that on the 9th day of June,
1850, the said NJ l.. Trimble.
for valuable considerations did
SELL transfer and set over to H. g. Catlett,
Il. foombs and G. W. Crawford all his right
title, claim and interest in and to said head
right certificate No 2il hereinbefore men,
TONED, which was duly acknowledged on the
18th day of June, 1850, before the county clerk
OF BeNar county, Texas, and recorded 18th
september, 1871, in Tarrant county in book
NJ of record ofdeeds, and re-recorded in Tar
rant county on the llth day of December,
1875, in book l., page 81, in record of deeds:
that subsequent to said 9th day OF June 1850,
Sdlu Nallell, loOlnbS and Crawford located
SAID certificate upon survey No. - in Tarrant
county, on the Trinity River. about - miles
northwest from Fort Worth: that ON the 9Th
day of May, 1852 the state OF Texas issued a
patent No. ,0Sl, volume IL, to said land To
! william NJ. Robinson that said patent
should have been issued 10 the said Catlett.
| Toombs and Crawford: that the issuance OF
| said patent as aforesaid, under the law, in,
| ured 10 the'benefit of said Catlett ToOulbs and
! crawford. and having issued 10 the said Rob.
| lnsoh rs aforesaid. casts a cloud upon nlain.
tns title. That since the issuance OF said
patent and transfer of said certificate. the
sald Catiett and the said Crawford have both
departed this life, and the plaintiff herein mas
! purchased the interest of the heirs of IN,
I SAID Ill. G.. Catlett and the said e. W, Craw
lord, ana for a valuable consideration, all the
salu hcirs aforesaid have made, executed and
| delivered To this plaintiff warranty deeds ID
1 thelr interest in said land; that plaintiffs
! nave possession of said land have paid In,
taxes thereon, etc. Wherefore pInintil
| pinyS Judgment; that the cloud east tpon hi,
| utle be removed; that all title out OF said
William Nj. Robinson, and vcstiug title in IL.
SIMPLE in and TO said lands in plalntilf his
heirs and assigns forever. costs OF suit. etc
Herein fail not,but of this due return make
Win your return thereon showing how Won
nave executed the same.
witness: J, NJ Hartsfield. clerk OF III,
ulsulct court OF 1atrAnt county.
| - Given under my hand and the sea
Yrs I of snid court at office in the city !"
Fort Worth, this, the 7th day al De-
I cember, A. D., 1882.
j. NJ. HARrSFIELD.
'lerR District Court, Tarrant Co.. Tex.
OLIVER ;. KENNEDY ,Plaintiifs ATTORNEY.