Clark v. Terrell, Commissioner
Texas Supreme Court
Original application to the Supreme Court, by Clark, to obtain writ ■of mandamus against Terrell requiring him, as Land Commissioner, to accept relator’s application to purchase a tract of school land.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Commissioner of the General Land Office to accept the application of relator to purchase a section of school land. The petition shows that the Commissioner refused the application on the ground that the land had been previously sold 'to one Jackson. Eor the purpose of establishing that the sale to Jackson was invalid, it is also alleged that it was made before the clerk of the county court of the county in which the land is situate had been notified by the Commissioner that the section had been classified and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Depoyster v. BakerTexas Supreme Court · 1896
3Cited by1 opinion
- Monk v. CrookerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918