Pruett v. Robison, Commissioner
Texas Supreme Court
Original application to the Supreme Court, by Pruett, for writ of mandamus against Eobison, Commissioner of the General Land Office, with whom E. 0. Williams, an adverse claimant of the school land in controversy, was joined as respondent.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yahtis
This mandamus proceeding was begun here as an original suit to require the Commissioner of the General Land Office, J. T. Eobison, to cancel a sale made by the Land Commissioner on October 34, 1913, to E. C. Williams, respondent, of" the east one-half of the southwest . quarter of school land section Ho. 318 in block 9 of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Bailway Company lands, situated in Jeff Davis County, Texas, and to reinstate a lease covering the same in favor ■of Mitchell and Pruett, which was made February 25, 1913, with the Land Commissioner for a period of five years…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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