Wagner v. Robison, Land Commissioner
Texas Supreme Court
Original application to the Supreme Court for writ of mandamus against Robison as Land Commissioner, with whom L. H. Bailey, an adverse claimant, was joined as co-respondent.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
The relator here seeks a mandamus to require the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue him, under the Act of the Thirty-third Legislature (chapter 173), a permit to. prospect for oil and gas upon a certain tract of land in Harris County. A like permit covering the same land has been previously issued by the Commissioner to L. H. Bailey, who is joined as a respondent. The issuance of the previous permit to Bailey is alleged a's the Commissioner’s reason for refusing the relator’s application. The relator assails the validity of the permit granted to Bailey upon the ground that it is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Edwards v. TerrellTexas Supreme Court · 1906
3Cited by1 opinion
- Frank v. RobisonTexas Supreme Court · 1928