Republic of Texas v. Young

BAYLOR, Justice.

William Young, the appellee m this case, in the year 1838 applied to the board of land commissioners for the county of Red River for a certificate of headright for one league and labor of land, and obtained the same; which certificate the investigating board of land commissioners, appointed by an act of Congress passed January, 1840, condemned as fraudulent; from this decision Young appealed to the District court, and there prayed that the judgment of said investigating board might be reversed, and that a certificate be issued to him for one league and labor of land.

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