Tabor v. Commissioner of the General Land Office
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. The case was tried before Hon. A. W. Terrell, one of the district judges. This case was an application made by the appellant for a mandamus to Francis M. White, as commissioner of the general land office. The essential .facts are stated in the opinion of the court, and need not be repeated here.
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Appeal from Travis. The case was tried before Hon. A. W. Terrell, one of the district judges. This case was an application made by the appellant for a mandamus to Francis M. White, as commissioner of the general land office. The essential .facts are stated in the opinion of the court, and need not be repeated here. Commissioner White, in his reply to Tabor’s application, after explaining his construction of the acts of the legislature involved in the question, proceeded as follows: “ Then, as the law fails to point out the mode by which the islands can be disposed of, and as the making of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
On the 26th June, 1860, Tabor applied to White, commissioner of the general land office, to purchase six hundred and forty acres of land on Brazos island, in Cameron county, under Arts. 1221 and 1223, O. & W. Dig., the former as amended by act of February 1, 1860. (Laws of 8th Leg., p. 30,) [Paschal’s Dig., Arts. 4423, 4424, Note 990.]
In his application he states the section to be the same that was surveyed 26th May, 1847, for L. Dobbins, by virtue of Thomas Toby’s scrip Do. 185, by the surveyor of San Patricio county; the field-notes of which, set out in his petition, were on file in the…
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