Hazelwood v. Rogan, Commissioner

GAINES, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for the writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, the Commissioner of the General Land ‘Office, to reinstate the relator as purchaser of certain sections of school lands lying in the county of Kimble and described as sections 65, 83, 85, .and 101, in the name of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company. W. R. Nichols and Thomas Nichols, each of whom was .asserting and still asserts an adverse claim to certain of the sections in controversy, were made parties defendant, and for the sake of convenience will be so styled during the course…