Land and Cattle Co. v. State

The State brought three suits against the appellant to set aside sales of certain sections of school land upon the ground that they were purchased by the company, a private corporation, in violation of that provision of the Act of April 12, 1883, which prohibits the acquisition of more than one section by a corporation in any one county. Laws of 1883, p. 87. It was alleged that when the sales were made the appellant had already acquired one section under the act, and that although the lands were bought in the name of a third person they were in fact purchased for the company. The nominal…