State v. Opperman
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Hardeman. Tried below before Hon. J. V. Cockrell. The statement by appellant in full is given. This was an action by the State of Texas against Carl Opperman, brought in the District Court of Hardeman County on August 18, 1888, to cancel a sale made to said Opperman by the State Land Board of 640 acres of the common free school lands situated in Hardeman County, and fully described in appellant’s petition, and to forfeit to the State all right, title, and claim…
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Appeal from Hardeman. Tried below before Hon. J. V. Cockrell. The statement by appellant in full is given. This was an action by the State of Texas against Carl Opperman, brought in the District Court of Hardeman County on August 18, 1888, to cancel a sale made to said Opperman by the State Land Board of 640 acres of the common free school lands situated in Hardeman County, and fully described in appellant’s petition, and to forfeit to the State all right, title, and claim said Opperman had to said land by reason of said sale. The cancellation and forfeiture was sought upon the following…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
This was a suit brought by the State to set aside a sale made by the Land Board to appellee of a section of public school land in Hardeman County. A demurrer to the petition was sustained in the court below, and the suit was dismissed. The ruling of the court upon the demurrer-is assigned as error.
It is alleged in the petition that the sale was made by the Land Board to the appellee about the 10th of July, 1886, and that at the time of the sale the board had not caused the public school lands of Hardeman County to be classified into agricultural, pasture, and timber…
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