Williams v. Wilson

GAINES, Associate Justice.

The plaintiffs sued as heirs of Matthew

R. Williams, deceased, to recover a tract of 640 acres of land, located and patented by virtue of a certificate issued to him in accordance with the act of Congress of the Republic of Texas, of December 21, 1837. That act granted 640 acres of land to all soldiers of the Republic who participated in the battle of San Jacinto, and provided that the lands granted by virtue thereof should “not be subject to sale or alienation, mortgage, or execution during the lifetime of the person to whom ” tba *71warrant or parent should he granted.…