Parker v. Terrell
Texas Supreme Court
Original application to the Supreme Court by Parker, for mandamus to require respondent Terrell, Commissioner of the General Land Office; to reinstate him as a purchaser of school land, to which the adverse claimant was made corespondent.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
The relator having been awarded two sections of school land, the Commissioner of the General Land Office cancelled the award for the reason that at the time it was made the land was under a lease to Johnson Bros., which lease had been assigned to James Payne. The lands were originally leased to Johnson Bros. It is not denied that the lands were under lease at the time of the award; but the relator claims that the lease was void by reason of the fact that it was executed before the expiration of a previous lease which had been made to the same parties, namely, Johnson Bros. Whether that lease…
2Cited by1 opinion
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