Camp v. Gulf Production Co.

Mr. Judge CRITZ

of the Commission of Appeals delivered the opinion for the court.

This suit was brought under the provisions of Article 5323, R. C. S. of Texas, 1925. At the threshold of the case we are met with a contention by defendants in error that the act or statute in question is unconstitutional and void. We must therefore first determine that contention, as a holding that the statute is invalid would necessarily result in dismissing this whole proceeding.

The act in question, Art. 5323, is as follows:

“The rules governing the sale of unsurveyed school lands are:

“1. Application. — One…