State ex rel. Huckfeldt v. State Board of School Land Commissioners
Wyoming Supreme Court
Originar proceeding in mandamus. The action was instituted in the Supreme Court on the relation of John Huckfeldt for a writ of mandamus to compel the State Board of School Rand Commissioners to issue to him a lease of school lands in renewal of a former lease, the right of renewal being based upon the provisions of section 613, Compiled Statutes, 1910, (Laws, 1903, Ch. 78, sec. 16). Heard on demurrer to petition and alternative writ.
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Originar proceeding in mandamus. The action was instituted in the Supreme Court on the relation of John Huckfeldt for a writ of mandamus to compel the State Board of School Rand Commissioners to issue to him a lease of school lands in renewal of a former lease, the right of renewal being based upon the provisions of section 613, Compiled Statutes, 1910, (Laws, 1903, Ch. 78, sec. 16). Heard on demurrer to petition and alternative writ. The material facts are stated in the opinion. Prior to 1903 there was but one state land board, and all lands were referred to in the statutes .as state lands.…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Justice.
This is an original proceeding in this court for a writ of mandamus to compel the State Board of School Land Commissioners and the Commissioner of Public Lands to grant and issue to the relator a lease in renewal of his former lease covering a. certain section of the school lands of the state. An alternative writ was issued and the cause was heard upon a general demurrer to the petition and alternative writ. The material facts appearing from the petition are as follows:
On May 11, 1907, a lease of the land in question was •executed and issued to one Charles Hansen for the…
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