Kuechler v. Wright
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. On the twenty-eighth of June; 1871, George W. Wright filed in the District Court of Travis county his petition against Jacob Kuechler, Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Richardson. On the twenty-eighth of June; 1871, George W. Wright filed in the District Court of Travis county his petition against Jacob Kuechler, Commissioner of the General Land Office. He alleged that he was the owner of a- valid land certificate (which he described) originally issued for twelve hundred and eighty acres of land, the certificate for the unlocated balance of which issued on the first of December, 1870, for six hundred and forty acres; that on the twentieth of September, 1870, he caused said ■certificate for unlocated…
1Opinion
*608On Motion for Rehearing.
Wm. Alexander, Attorney-General, for appellant.
Jas. C. Walker, for appellee.
McAdoo, J.
We see no reason to change the opinion of this court in this case.
The opinion of the Presiding Justice (Evans) render'ed on the original hearing we think is clearly based on the law of the case.
Whatever may be the status of the railroád sections in the event of their forfeiture, it is clear that the State sections were dedicated, under the Constitution of 1869, as well as under that of 1866, to the perpetual school fund, and not in any manner subject to entry and location, either…
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