Freels v. Walker

The motion for rehearing in this case is supported by elaborate and able arguments filed by the various respondents.

All of these arguments vigorously urge the proposition that Bowen, by filing his application for a mineral permit in the office of the county clerk, thereby acquired a right to take the necessary steps to obtain a mineral permit which was superior to that of any other person subsequently filing an application for a permit on the same land. From this premise, the correctness of which must of course be conceded, it is argued that, as the right thus acquired»was superior to that of…