State ex rel. McIndoe v. Jones

By the Court,

Cole, J.

The essential facts of tin's case, as they appear from the relation and answer of the respondents, or such facts as we deem it necessary to notice in deciding the motion for.a peremptory writ of mandamus may be briefly stated as follows:

The relator, on or about the 23d day of February, 1855, by his agent, Walter D. Melndoe, made application in writing to the commissioners of school and university lands, at Madison, to purchase two section of school lands in Portage county, describing the land in his application. Byrne, a clerk in the school land bureau, then placed the…