State ex rel. Albritton v. Grace

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This is a mandamus proceeding by Andrew Stirling Albritton to compel the Register of the State Land Office to issue, and the Governor to sign, a patent to the SEj4 of NEj4, Section 14 (West of Bayou), Township 14 South, Range 6 East. There was judgment for relator in accordance with his prayer, and respondents have appealed.1

According to this record, the State of Louisiana in 1858 sold to John Laidlaw 320 acres of land at $1.25 per acre, as evidenced by Entry Certificate No. 4481 NSH. These 320 acres, among others, had been selected by the state under the Swamp Land Act of…