Brown v. State

This was a proceeding in the District Court of Fayette county, to escheat a league of land granted to Walter Hamilton, by the Mexican Government, as one of Austin’s colonists.

Brown, the intervenor, who has appealed the case informa pauperis, claims eight hundred acres of the land. He assigns several causes of error.

First. He complains that the court overruled his motion for a continuance. The judgment of the court on this motion is very full, and shows several good reasons for overruling the motion.

Second. The affidavit was made by the attorney, and no reason was assigned why the party did…