Stokes v. Riley

CONNER, Chief Justice.

Appellee instituted this suit to recover the title and possession of the north half of section 493 and all of section 495, block 97, of lands situated in Scurry County within the old Memphis & El Paso Railway reservation and within the absolute lease district, but which prior to the times herein involved became part of the public free school lands of Texas. Appellee claims as assignee of a lease of said lands executed and delivered by the Commissioner of the General Land Office to A. Z. Reedy, April 28, 1898, for a term of five years from December 28, 1897. Appellee also…