Wyerts v. Terrell
Texas Supreme Court
Original applicatipn to the Supreme Court for writ of mandamus against Terrell, as Commissioner of the General Land Office, Susan A. and T. F. Swan, adverse claimants of the land in controversy, being made corespondents.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
Relator seeks a Avrit of mandamus to compel the respondent, Terrell, as Commissioner of the General Land Office, to recognize his right to purchase a section of school land claimed by Susan A. Swan, who, with her husband, T. F. Swan, are joined as corespondents, and AAdiose claim is recognized by the Commissioner as valid, and superior to that of relator.
The facts material to the disposition which we shall make of the case are that, in 1883, the land was sold by the Land Board to one Way, from whom, by regular transfers, the right acquired under his contract of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nobles v. Magnolia Cattle Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1887
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