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Box 4

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Transcripts in the record of No. 219 Equity of O.T. Holt, Executor vs. T.W. House et al, District Court of Washington County, Texas, June 6, 1898. Suit relates to disputed interests in various tracts of land. House is a co-defendant of William M. Rice.

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note From the Series: These cases are filed chronologically based on each case’s beginning date. Major cases include cases challenging William Marsh Rice’s late wife’s will and William Marsh Rice’s murder trial. Each generally includes correspondence, notes, and legal documents such as testimony, exhibits, trial documents, affidavits, releases, published versions of the trials, and newsclippings.The first case is that of William Marsh Rice vs. Orren T. Holt, executor of Mrs. Elizabeth Baldwin Rice’s...
Dates: 1844 - 1941; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1916