Willis v. Martin

This appeal was prosecuted to the Galveston Court of Civil Appeals, then transferred to this court by orders of the Supreme Court. The suit was brought by appellant, Sam Willis, against appellee, J. A. Martin, Jr., sheriff of Brazoria county, praying for a writ of mandamus against the sheriff requiring him to execute to appellant a deed to three certain tracts of land bid in by him under order of sale issued out of the district court of Brazoria county on a judgment foreclosing the tax lien of the state and county on delinquent taxes. The answer of appellee presented the issue that at the…