Wooten v. Rogan, Commissioner
Texas Supreme Court
Original application in the Supreme Court for mandamus against the Land Commissioner. The proceeding was commenced against Commissioner Chas. Rogan, and his successor in office, J. W. Terrell, was afterwards made respondent.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
This proceeding was begun by Wooten for a mandamus to compel Rogan, then Commissioner of the General Land Office, to reinstate a sale of four sections of school land which had been canceled. J. J. Terrell, the successor in office of Rogan, has become a party and is now the respondent.
The petition states that on April 3, 1899, C. R. Scott made applications, complying' in form with the law, for the purchase of the sections, and made the required payments, and that in due time the land was awarded to him by the Commissioner; that at the time of his purchase Scott…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tackaberry v. City National BankTexas Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Martin v. Terrell, CommissionerTexas Supreme Court · 1903
- Foster v. BayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953