Smisson v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis, Tried below before the Hon. A. S. Walker. A full statement of the- case is given in the opinion of the court. Several cases were submitted together, involving the same issues. The records in the other cases have not yet reached the Reporter.
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Chief Justice.
The nature of this action, the defenses set up, the rulings of the court below, the result and the grounds on which a reversal is asked are thus correctly stated in the brief for appellant:
“This suit was instituted in the name of the State of Texas, on five contracts by the appellant, Smisson, with what is styled “The Land Board” for the lease of alternate sections of land belonging to the public school fund, under an act of the Legislature, approved April 12, 1883, entitled “An act to provide for the classification, sale and lease of the lands heretofore or hereafter…
2Cited by48 opinions
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