Houston v. Perry
Texas Supreme Court
— Appeal from Travis County. The petition in this case, after setting forth the fact that James F. Perry is the executor of Stephen F. Austin, proceeds to state that the said Stephen F. Austin and Samuel M. Williams, in February, 1831, contracted with the supreme government of Coahuila and Texas, as empresarios, to introduce into Texas and colonize eight hundred families, Mexican and foreign, according to the laws of colonization then existing, within certain limits therein…
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— Appeal from Travis County. The petition in this case, after setting forth the fact that James F. Perry is the executor of Stephen F. Austin, proceeds to state that the said Stephen F. Austin and Samuel M. Williams, in February, 1831, contracted with the supreme government of Coahuila and Texas, as empresarios, to introduce into Texas and colonize eight hundred families, Mexican and foreign, according to the laws of colonization then existing, within certain limits therein named. That by the terms of said contract, they were allowed six years from the date to complete the same; and that by…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hemphill
Mr. Justice Lipsoomb not sitting.
The defendant at the trial excepted generally to all the documents offered as evidence by the plaintiffs, consisting of a translation of the contract between the empresarios and the government of Coalmila and Texas, the original being in the land office; a power of attorney from S. M. Williams, one of the empresarios, to Stephen F. Austin; the other, the commission of the commissioner, R. Peebles; the abstract of titles issued by the commissioner to the colonists, and two books-from the general land office, purporting to contain the original titles issued to…
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