Cotulla v. Laxson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from La Salle. Tried below before the Hon. D. P. Marr. Appellant brought suit against appellee to recover the land described in his petition, claiming title as follows: By virtue of an application made by George H. Mills for the purchase of the land, the same being school section Ho. 12, surveyed by virtue of certificate No. 21-312, issued to the L. A. & M. G. R R. Co., situated in La Salle county, and the sale of which was provided for by act of April, 1881, the…
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Appeal from La Salle. Tried below before the Hon. D. P. Marr. Appellant brought suit against appellee to recover the land described in his petition, claiming title as follows: By virtue of an application made by George H. Mills for the purchase of the land, the same being school section Ho. 12, surveyed by virtue of certificate No. 21-312, issued to the L. A. & M. G. R R. Co., situated in La Salle county, and the sale of which was provided for by act of April, 1881, the payment in due time to the treasurer of the state of the first instalment of the purchase money, the execution of his note…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App.
George H. Mills was the county surveyor at the time he-made the application for and pretended to purchase the land in controversy. Article 118 of the Penal Code, then and *444still in force, is as follows: “If any person who is an officer or clerk in the general land office, or a district surveyor, or deputy district surveyor, or county surveyor, or his deputy, shall directly or indirectly be concerned in the purchase of any right, title or interest in any public land, in his own name or the name of any other person, or shall take or receive any fee or emolument for negotiating…
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