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Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 40
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, December 4, 1902
WARD – RICE LAND CASE
The Ward-Rice land case has been compromised by the parties to the suit.
The suit was brought by the heirs of S. S. Ward, deceased to recover 1280 acres
of land from Wm. M. Rice, the New York millionaire. The plaintiffs gained
a verdict in the lower court but a reversal in the higher court sent it back.
By the death of Wm. M. Rice, the litigation was temporarily stopped. By
the terms of the compromise the Ward heirs paid to the Rice estate about $11,000
and secured a deed to the land which is valued at about $30,000.
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