Board of Land Commissioners of Milam County v. Bell

RUSK, Chief Justice.

This cause came up upon appeal from the District Court of Milam County. The facts stated in the transcript of the record show that Bell applied to the board of land commissioners of that county claiming a certificate for one league and one labor of land as his headright. It is in proof that he was the head of a family, and that he emigrated to Texas on the-day of October, 1836. The board refused to grant him a certificate for the quantity of land claimed; from which decision Bell appealed to the district court. The facts as stated were admitted and the cause submitted to…