State v. Estate of Teulon

Moore, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought for the purpose of escheating to the State certain property alleged in the petition to have belonged to George K. Teulon, who, as is averred, abandoned Texas a great number of years ago, and died in Brazil without having sold or transferred said property, and without leaving any heirs surviving him, &c.

To establish the facts alleged in the petition, it was proved by one witness that he was well acquainted with Teulon about the time Texas was annexed to the United States; that said Teulon was an Englishman or Scotchman, and at that time edited a…