State v. Snyder
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Mitchell. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. Kennedy. This suit was brought by the state against D. H. Snyder, a citizen of Williamson county, Texas, in the district court of Mitchell county, April 12, 1884, under the act of April 14, 1883, which created a land-board, and the caption of “an act to investigate alleged land frauds,” which declare its object to be to investigate the operations of the general land office, to investigate the John Gibson certificates, to…
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Appeal from Mitchell. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. Kennedy. This suit was brought by the state against D. H. Snyder, a citizen of Williamson county, Texas, in the district court of Mitchell county, April 12, 1884, under the act of April 14, 1883, which created a land-board, and the caption of “an act to investigate alleged land frauds,” which declare its object to be to investigate the operations of the general land office, to investigate the John Gibson certificates, to authorize the institution of suits by the state to annul purchases of school lands improperly made, and to authorize the…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
This action was brought April 12, 1884, to recover thirty sections of school land. D. H. Snyder answered on October 15, 1884, and, with other defenses, pleaded to the jurisdiction of the court, the fact appearing in the petition, that the suit was brought to recover thirty sections of land, and that under the law the district court of Travis county had jurisdiction.
On December 30, 1884, the state amended its petition and reduced its claim to twenty-four sections, which we understand to be a part of the same land claimed in the original petition. On January 5,1885,…
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