Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-11-20

convey same to James Bradshaw by
certain instrument in writing, date
Nov 6, 1876, and duly recorded in tn
deed records of Anderson county o.
the 9th day of Nov. 1916, in Vol. H
page 80, same being a Spanish docu
ment and translated in Vol. 67, pag
10, of said deed records.
Sixth. That defendants, heirs o
Jesse Duren, claim some interest il
the part of said land on said J. NJ
Mora 2 league survey by virtue of {
certain instrument in writing, dated
February 8, 1857, and recorded in sale
deed records, Feb. IA, 1857, in Vol
H, page -, wherein one James T
Eppinger attempted to convey to theil
deceased ancestor, Jesse Duren, al
of his interest in said land and also
conveyance purporting to have been
made by Jose Moria Mora, Robert
Benina and Susan Mora to the said
Jesse Duren, executed Feb 9, 1857
and recorded Feb. Il, 1857, in Vol. H
page 9 of said deed records.
Seventh. That defendants, heirs OF
James Bradshaw, heirs of VIM. Brad
shaw, heirs of Moses Bradshaw, heirs
of Thomas Bradshaw, and heirs of
Nancy Trobough, claim some interest
in that part of said land on said Mora
grant by virtue of the hereinbefore
mentioned document from James Ma
ria Mora to James Bradshaw, and by
virtue of certain judgment rendered
by the district court of Nacogdoches
county, Nov. %, 1S4S, in Cause No.
117S, styled VIM Bradshaw VS.. Naonie
Ware, and recorded in Anderson coun-
ty deed records, Vol. 81, page 1919, also
by virtue of judgment of the district
court of Anderson county, Texas, rem
dered at the fall term 1858, in Cause
No. 99Ol2S, styled R. F. Mitchell VS..
VIM. Bradshaw ct al, and wherein the
land hereinbefore described was adj
judged to VIM. Bradshaw.
Eighth That defendants, heirs of
D. ]. Lane, claim some interest in
said land on said Mora Grant by vir-
ture of a certain document, dated
Feb %, 1859, and recorded April 26,
1859, in Vol. ], page 1886 of said deed
records, whereby R. F. Mitchell at
tempted to convey to their deceased
ancestor, D. ]. Lane, % of his inter
est in said land.
Ninth That defendants, heirs of
D. NJ. Butler, claim some interest in
part of said land on both of said sur
veys by virtue of a certain judgment
Of the district court of Anderson coun-
ty, Texas, rendered at its October
term, 1868, in consolidated Causes
Nos. 1903 and 1913, styled D. M. But
Ter VS.. Augustus zoe, as shown by
of said court, Vol. 1, page
l27, wherein D. NJ Butler recovered
from said-Yoe his interest in said
land.
That defendants, heirs of A. K. w.
Jones, claim some interest in part or
all of said tract hereinbefore de-
scribed by virtue of certain deed,
executed Sept. 6, 1856, and recorded
Oct. IS, 1856, in Vol G, page 344 of
said deed records, wherein Jesse Ter
ry and wife conveyed to their de-
ceased ancestors all of said tract on
the VIM. T. Miller survey and part of
said tract on the Mora survey.
Eleventh That defendants, the
heirs of J. A Utz, deceased, and heirs
of ]. F. and Rosena Utz, deceased,
claim some interest in said land by
virtue of conveyance from ]. F.
Grounds and wife, dated Sept %,
1881, and recorded Nov. "a, 1892, in
Vol. 4S, page 3S4 of said deed records,
and by virtue of a certain vendors
lien note executed by Nathaniel Gar
ner, Jan. 8, 1884, and payable to ]. F.
Utz or ]. A. Utz, Jan. 1, 1885, given in
part payment for said land and de-
scribed in deed from J. F. Utz and
wife to Nathaniel Garner, dated Jan
8, 1884, and recorded in Vol 50, page
1854, of said deed records, but that said
note has long since been paid in
full.
Twelfth. That said defendants,
heirs of Nathaniel Garner and wife,
Margaret Garner, claim some interest
in said land by virtue of certain
note for $4,000, given by J. W. Moore
to said Garner in part payment for
said land, and described in the deed
from said Garner to said Moore, May
5, 1884, and recorded in Vol. 35, page
165, of said deed records, but that
said note has long since been paid off
and satisfied in full.
Thirteenth. That all the other de-
PENDANTS herein are asserting some
sort of claim to said land, the charac-
ter of which is to plaintiff unknown.
Fourteenth. That if any of the said
defendants hereinbefore mentioned
have any interest in any part of the
land hereinbefore described, or ever
had any interest in same, by virtue
of tha cnacific aIlapatiOnc hpreinhp-