Edwards v. Terrell

GAINES, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Commissioner of the General Land Office to award to the relator, as administrator of the éstate of T. B. Walsh, deceased, certain sections of school land in Borden and Dawson Counties. S. G. Jones and D. E. Cross were made corespondents to the action.

It appears from the allegations of the petition that, on the 29th day of March, 1902, Walsh made regular applications to purchase a certain section No. 28 as his home tract, and three others as “additional lands,” filed his obligations, and made the first payments of…