Reed v. Rogan
Texas Supreme Court
Original application for writ of mandamus to the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
In 1897 the Legislature passed an act amendatory of the laws for the sale and lease of the school lands of the State, which provided, among other things, that in a certain section of the State the lands which had been leased should not be subject to sale during the existence of the lease. The two sections of school land in controversy in this suit lie within the district made subject to the provision. In 1898 they were leased to C. C. Slaughter, one of the respondents, for the term of five years. They were situate within a radius of five miles of another section upon…
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