Hughes v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. The facts are set out in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
This suit originated in the District Court of Travis county by a petition filed by the District Attorney, in the name of the State of Texas, to escheat two tracts of land, one of six hundred and forty acres, situated in said Travis county, the other of eight hundred and thirty-five acres, situated in Llano county, alleged to have been the property in his lifetime of one R. S. M. A. de la Tulle.
Title to land by escheat originated from and was a consequence of the feudal law, whereby, upon the failure of heirs of the person last seized, who may lawfully take the estate…
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