Byers v. Patterson

OPINION

JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice.

Lewie Byers and Forrest Williams appeal from the trial court’s order dismissing for want of jurisdiction their suit appealing two no vacancy rulings by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. In five issues, Appellants contend the amendment to the Texas Constitution upon which the trial court based its order violates their rights under other provisions of the Texas Constitution and under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. We affirm.

Vacant Lands in Texas

When admitted to the Union, Texas retained ownership of all the vacant…