Walker v. Finley

GAINES, Chief Justice.

This case was brought by the petitioner in this court to compel the respondent to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for a claim against the State.

The facts, as disclosed by the petition and answer, briefly stated, are, that in 1881, one Ellen Clarke, a minor, made application for the purchase of a section of school land; that she complied with the forms of the law, made the first payment as required by the statute, and was recognized by the Commissioner of the General Land Office as a purchaser; that in 1883 the petitioner acquired all the interest of the minor…