Linn v. State
Texas Supreme Court
This was a suit brought under the 11th section of the act of 1841, “ supplementary to an act to detect fraudulent land cir-tificates,” etc., to establish the headright claim of petitioner to one-third of a league of land. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the state, from which the plaintiff appealed.
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This was a suit brought under the 11th section of the act of 1841, “ supplementary to an act to detect fraudulent land cir-tificates,” etc., to establish the headright claim of petitioner to one-third of a league of land. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the state, from which the plaintiff appealed. On the trial of this cause the court instructed the jury as follows: 1st. “That unless the plaintiff had received an honorable discharge, or if he had received no discharge at all, he was not entitled to recover. 2d. “ That it was necessary for the plaintiff to prove that he resided in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice HeMphill
This was an application for one-third of a league of land, sued out under the 11th section of the act of 1841, supplementary to an act to detect fraudulent land certificates, p. 173. This section declares that “ all individuals who are entitled to lieadright certificates of the first class, and who have not yet received them from any of the boards heretofore in existence, are hereby authorized to file their petition, and, upon their going through all the formalities prescribed by this act, obtaining a verdict of the jury in their favor,” etc., etc.
A preliminary question is raised on this and…
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