State ex rel. Gravely v. Stewart
Montana Supreme Court
Original application by the state, at the relation of C. A. Gravely, for a writ of mandate to compel S. V. Stewart, governor, and others, as members of the state board of land commissioners, and Sidney Miller, as register of state lands, to confirm a sale of state school lands and perform certain other acts with reference thereto.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanner
On or about July 1, 1913, the state board of land commissioners made an order directing the sale of certain school lands, to be held at Deer Lodge, Powell county, on August 15, 1913. The sale was duly advertised, and included within the lands directed to be sold were three tracts of 160 acres each, in section 10, township 10 north, range 8 west. At the time and place set, the register of state lands appeared, and at public auction offered these tracts for sale in separate parcels. For them the relator herein made the highest and best bids, offering $10 per acre for one of said tracts, and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- State ex rel. Marsh v. State Board of Land CommissionersWyoming Supreme Court · 1898
- Miles v. WellsUtah Supreme Court · 1900
- State ex rel. Bickford v. CookMontana Supreme Court · 1896
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