State ex rel. Reed v. Scott

This is an original action brought to compel the defendant to execute a lease in the name of the state for the southwest quarter of section No. eight, in township ten north,, range eight east, in Lancaster county.

The relator alleges in his application, in sub'stance, that the land in question is a part of the endowment of the normal school of this state; that on the 29th day of June, 1871,. one D. J. McCann purchased said land at public vendue for the sum of $1,120; that McCann thereupon gave his. note to the state for said sum of $1,120, due ten years after date with interest at teD per…