Caples v. Cole

SHARP, Justice.

In our original opinion we held that that part of subdivision 4 of article 5329, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Civil Statutes, which reads, “no sale made without condition of settlement shall be questioned by the State or any person after one year from the date of such sale,” controls this case.

Cole acquired this land from the State at a price of $12.50 per acre, and it was treated for the purposes of the sale .as surveyed school land. The sale was made without condition of settlement. Section 2 of H.B. No. 358, Acts 1931, c. 271 (Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St. art. 5421c, § 2), provides how…