Harper v. Terrell, Commissioner
Texas Supreme Court
Original application to the Supreme Court by Harper for writ of mandamus against Terrell as Commissioner of the General Land Office.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
Relator has applied to this court for a writ of mandamus to require respondent, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to reinstate upon the record of his office a sale which had been awarded to relator of a tract of school land and afterwards canceled by respondent for the reason stated below.
The pleadings show this state of facts: The land was, in fact, covered with valuable pine timber and was worth $8 per acre, but in 1901 was classified as dry agricultural land and valued at $2 per acre. On the 26th day of April, 1902, relator made application to buy the…
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