Holt v. Cave

SPEER, Associate Justice.

Appellant instituted this suit to recover from appellee the south half of section number 188, block 3, in Fisher County. The land is public school land, and claimed by appellant under his application to purchase as additional land to his home section. The defendant, to whom the land had been awarded by the Land Commissioner, pleaded the general issue and not guilty. The appellant’s application antedated that of the appellee, but was rejected by the State Land Commissioner because of a lease upon the land, which appellant claims should have been no obstacle to his…