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**Signed "The XIT Ranch of Texas" J. Evetts Haley*

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 500.00 USD
**Signed  The XIT Ranch of Texas  J. Evetts Haley*
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1929 first edition, signed by the author and inscribed to Mrs. Clark Mullican: "In appreciation of a fair, courageous, and impartial trial, conducted by your husband, J. Evetts Haley." Judge Clark Mullican heard the libel suit case, filed against J.Evetts Haley by rancher Fred Spikes. Spikes challenged a chapter in this book, which described the slayings of his two brother and the wounding of himself by a posse seeking cattle thieves. Jurors ruled in favor of Haley, it was one of the longest and costliest of civil actions in the state. Very good condition.