Thomas v. Moore

Gould, Associate Justice.

On August 7, 1824, Isaac Jackson received a grant for a league of land in Austin’s colony, and on November 3,1831, he executed his bond to *434make title to the same to John W. Hall, “so soon as the laws of the land will permit or authorize the same to he clone.” Appellant contends, that at the date of this bond, Jackson was prohibited by law from alienating his land, and refers to Hunt v. Robinson, (1 Tex., 748,) and other similar cases, as supporting his position. The construction of the colonization law of Coahuila and Texas, enacted March 24, 1825, has been, that the…