King v. Robison
Texas Supreme Court
Original application to the Supreme Court for writ of mandamus against the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Fitzgerald, an adverse claimant as lessee of the land sought to be purchased by relator, being made corespondent.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This proceeding was commenced November 1, 1909, by the filing of the motion of relator for leave to file a petition for mandamus against the Commissioner to compel him to award to relator certain sections of school land, which he had applied to buy and which the Commissioner had refused to sell to him for the reason that their were embraced in a lease held by corespondent Fitzgerald.
The respondents, in their answers, assert that the action was not begun within the time prescribed by the statute of 1905. (Laws 29th Leg., p. 35).
Treating the action, as we think it should be treated, as having…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ketner v. Rogan, Commissioner, and SlaughterTexas Supreme Court · 1902
- Murphy v. TerrellTexas Supreme Court · 1907
- Jones v. TerrellTexas Supreme Court · 1907
- Fish Cattle Co. v. Terrell, CommissionerTexas Supreme Court · 1904
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- Herndon v. J. T. Robison Commissioner of General Land OfficeTexas Supreme Court · 1925
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