Walker v. Rogan, Commissioner
Texas Supreme Court
Original application, before the Supreme Court, for writ of mandamus to the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
The plaintiff, by original proceeding instituted in this court, seeks by mandamus to compel the respondent, as Commissioner of the General Land Office, to issue to him a patent for a section of land belonging to the public school fund to which he claims right under a purchase thereof made by Ellen Clarke under the provisions of the Act of July 8, 1879, and of the act amendatory thereof, approved April 6, 1881, regulating sales of such lands. Laws Spec. Ses. 16th Leg., p. 23, et seq; Laws Reg. Ses. 18th Leg., p. 119, et seq.
The facts upon which his claim depends are…
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