Byers Bros. v. Wallace
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in an appeal from Clay County. The opinion contains a sufficient statement.
1Opinion of the Court
BBOWB, Associate Justice.
One William Wallace was first sergeant in the company of Captain P. S. Wyatt, in the army of the Be-public of Texas, and fell at the massacre of Goliad on the 27th day of March, 1836. Two bounty warrants for land were issued to the heirs of said William Wallace, one for 1920 acres, and the other for 640 acres of land. Two headright certificates were also issued to said heirs, the first for one-third of a league, and the second for two-thirds of a league and labor, the latter being an augmentation certificate.
Two sets of heirs claim the lands in controversy, which were…
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