State ex rel. Mariner v. Gray

By the Court,

Smith, J.

This is an application for a mandamus to compel the respondent, as secretary of state, or school commissioner, to deliver to the relator a memorandum, stating the application of the' relator, for the purchase of certain school lands, describing the same and the price at which they are sold, the amount to be paid for the same, &c.

The relation sets forth, that on or about the 5th day of February, A. D. 1854, the relator presented to the respondent, sec*381retary of state, an application in writing signed by him, describ- ■ ing certain lots of school land, whereby he then and…