Hart v. Walker

BRICE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Curry county, reversing a decision of the comrnissioner of public lands in a contest proceeding involving the right to lease certain state lands. The commissioner of public lands had canceled leases theretofore made to appellee and issued new ones to appellants. The district court held that appellee and not appellants was entitled to lease the lands from the state.

From the findings made by the court, we take the following as the essential facts: C. S. Hart, deceased, in his lifetime owned large ranching interests in New…