Childress County v. State

This case is here on certified questions from the Court of Civil Appeals at Amarillo. The certificate reads as follows:

“The State of Texas granted to Childress County four leagues of public free school land, situated in Bailey and Cochran Counties.

“On June 20, 1910, acting by and through its Commissioners’ Court, Childress County, as First Party, entered into a written contract with S. P. Britt and others, as Second Parties, in which it is stipulated that the County ‘agrees to sell, and does hereby sell’ to Second Parties the four leagues of Childress County school land, which was fully…