Nobles v. Magnolia Cattle Co.

Collard, Judge.

Section seventeen of the act of 1883, providing for the sale and leasing of school and asylum lands, declares that all “leased lands” shall remain subject to purchase *435for actual settlement in bodies not to exceed six hundred and forty acres, the purchaser swearing that he intends to actually settle on and build a fence on the land; provided that, when the lessee has but one watered section leased from the State in the same vicinity, such section shall not be subject to sale and settlement during the term of the lease. (General Laws 1883, p. 89.)

The appellee applied for lease of…