State v. Heirs of Charles Zanco
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from San Augustine. Tried below before Hon. Toil C. Davis.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
The State of Texas, through W. A. Field, County Attorney of Ran Augustine County, instituted this suit against the unknown heirs of Charles Zanco and a number of parties in possession of parts of the land, to escheat the same to the State. Ho heirs of Zanco appeared. The trial judge, after hearing the testimony, instructed a verdict for the appellees who were claiming the land.
The evidence shows that Charles Zanco was killed at the fall of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, and that under the provisions of the Act of February 9, 1850, a certificate for one-third of a league of…
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