May v. Hollingsworth

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

—Appellant sought to recover from appellees four sections of school land in Lubbock County, alleging that appellee Hollingsworth held the same under a transfer from appellee Huckles, the original purchaser from the State.

After showing that the land had been duly placed on the market by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and that it was subject to sale when appellant applied, in December, 1901, to purchase it, unless taken off by the previous sales to Nuckles, made April 29, 1899, and August 31, 1899, appellant offered to prove that he had complied in all…