Houston v. Perry

Hemphill, Ch. J.

At the trial of this cause a jury was waived; and in the opinion of the court it was considered that the following facts were established, viz:

1st. That Austin and Williams entered into the contract with the State of Coahuila and Texas, as set forth in their petition and amended petition.

2d. That Robert Peebles was duly appointed and qualified as commissioner lor the colony in September, 1835, and that before the closing of the laud •offices on the 13th of November, 1835, lie had extended titles to fifty-two married men, three widows, and twenty-four single men, and that he…