Tevis v. Collier

MARR, Judge,

Section A. — The plaintiffs brought this action of trespass to try title, and claimed the land in controversy as heirs at law of William Hieronymus, deceased. The court below decided in favor of the defendant J. A.- Collier. The land was located by virtue of bounty warrant No. 1159, issued by the Adjutant-General on the 3d day of November, 1852, for 320 acres of land in the name of William Heronymus, on account of military services in the army of the Republic “from the 5th day of August to the 5th day of November,” presumably in the year 1836. There is no controversy that the…