Boswell v. Terrell, Commissioner
Texas Supreme Court
Original application to the Supreme Court, by Boswell, for mandamus against Terrell as Commissioner of the General Land Office, making G. W. Williford, an adverse claimant of the land sought to be purchased, a corespondent with the Commissioner.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
Relator applied to purchase the land in controversy September 1, 1899, the same day on which the prior purchase of the corespondent was forfeited for nonpayment of interest, and before notice had been sent by the Commissioner to the county clerk that the land was offered for sale, as required by article 4218, Revised Statutes. Some time afterwards, but before any further action, so far as appears, was taken upon relator’s application, corespondent applied for and secured a reinstatement of his purchase. Under the decisions of this court in Willoughby v. Townsend,…
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