Mercer v. Thorley

Blume, Justice.

This is. an action involving the right to a lease of a school section of the state lands. The facts, in so far as material herein, are as follows:

On July 23, 1928, the State Board of Land Commissioners issued to Lehi A. Thorley, defendant in error herein, a lease for Section 36, Twp. 52, Range 89, Big Horn County, Wyoming, for a period of five years. Thorley duly applied for a renewal of the lease. On July 5, 1933, R. D. Mercer, plaintiff in error herein, also applied for a lease on this land. This application was accompanied by a letter of Mercer, and he subsequently, on…