Wortham v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Childress County; S. P. Huff, Judge. Mandamus proceeding by John L. Wortham against S. S. Sullivan. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtPresler, J.
John L. Wortham sought through a petition filed in the district court of Childress county to obtain a peremptory mandamus against S. S. Sullivan, county surveyor of that county, compelling him to-make a survey of certain described land in Childress county, containing about 5,009 acres, belonging to the public free school fund of the state. The plaintiff alleged everything necessary to impose upon the county surveyor the duty of making the survey if the land in controversy was in Childress county. The defendant answered, among other things, that the, land was not in Childress county, but was…
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