Cunningham v. Robison
Texas Supreme Court
Original application by Cunningham to the Supreme Court for writ of mandamus against the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Heal, an adverse claimant of the land in controversy, being made corespondent.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
Relator, being a minor, made application to the Commissioner of the General Land Office to have surveyed and to purchase certain lands belonging to the public free school fund, which need not be more particularly described. The commissioner refused to award the land to relator, but upon the application of his corespondent, S. A. Neal, the land was awarded to the latter. It is not necessary to go into ' details of the facts of this case, as it will be decided strictly upon a question of law, independent of anything connected with the manner of making the applications for the surveys.
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