Box 4
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
United States Circuit Court, Southern District of Texas at Houston, Holt vs. William Marsh Rice Institute, C.L. No. 27. Records of case proceedings with index, 1897-1903.
File — Box: 4, Folder: 8
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