Jones v. Robison
Texas Supreme Court
Original application by Jones to the Supreme Court for writ of mandamus against the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Coleman, an adverse claimant, being also made respondent.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
D. F. J ones, relator, complains of J. T. Robison and T. A. Coleman, alleging, in substance, that on June 17, 1909, section 1228, certificate 216, C. C. S. D. & R. G. N. G. R. R. Co., situated in Webb County, Texas, was public free school land and subject to sale under the law controlling such sales.
It is alleged that on April 5, 1901, the said land had been sold to some person who is not named in the petition but subsequently disclosed to have been Jasper Woolridge. Woolridge had transferred it to some other person who had failed to pay the installment of interest due on said land on…
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