Greene v. Robison

This is an original proceeding for mandamus in which relator Greene seeks to have J. T. Robison, Commissioner of the General Land Office, issue to him a permit to prospect for oil and gas on Section No. 36, Block No. 178, Certificate No. 1611, T. C. Railway Company’s Survey, containing 640 acres of land, in Pecos County, Texas, under the Permit and Lease Act of 1917.

On the 6th day of August, 1913, said section of land, which by the Constitution of 1876 had been set aside to the public free schools, was awarded and sold to T. F. Hickox classified as “mineral,” and was sold with a reservation…