Legal Opinion
Miller v. Hallford
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 9, 1904PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of Callahan. Tried below before Hon. J. H. Calhoun.
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Associate Justice.
Appellant brought suit against appellee to recover eighty acres of school land in Callahan County, claiming to be entitled to the land as vendee of L. M. Tyler, to whom it had been duly sold as the owner of land other than school land under article 4218fff of the Revised Statutes. The award was made to Tyler in November, 1897, and he was recognized in the General Land Office as the purchaser till March 6, 1903, when the Commissioner indorsed on his obligation, “Land forfeited for abandonment,” which was followed by a reclassification and appraisement and an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nesting v. Terrell, CommissionerTexas Supreme Court · 1903
3Cited by4 opinions
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- American Warehouse Co. v. HamblenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Geddes v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1917
- Amarillo Brick & Tile Co. v. First Trust & Savings Bank of AltonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911