McGhee v. Romatka

DENMAN, Associate Justice.

The Court of Civil Appeals have certified to this court the following explanatory statement and question:

“On August 24, 1875, Alpheus McGhee made application in accordance with the Act of the Legislature, approved April 8, 1874, in regard to the sale of University land, to purchase the land in dispute, eighty acres of University land in McLennan County, at $2 per acre; a total of $160, paying $16 cash, and executing his obligation to pay the remainder with 10 per cent interest per annum, in ten equal annual installments. On January 24, 1876, and February 23, 1877, he…