Turner v. Sealock

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

The State of Texas by its proper officer brought suit to' escheat 640 acres of land situated in Harris Comity, patented to John Hanmueridge-, and made the representatives of W. R. Baker, deceased, parties to the proceeding, Before trial the plaintiff in error, W. B. Turner, came into possession of the estate of W. R. Baker, deceased, and intervened in the suit. Owen T. Sealock, the defendant in error, afterwards intervened also and claimed the land as the sole heir of his mother, Sarah Sealock, who was the sister and sole heir of John Hammeridge. When the cause came to-…