Holman v. Pinkard

This suit was instituted by plaintiff in error, Nat Holman, against J. P. Pinkard, 6. M. Hamilton, and Chas. Downie, defendants in error, to recover six sections of land in Pecos county, alleging that said land was state school land, and on September 11, 1911, G. M. Hamilton, being the owner of said land, and lacking more than a year of completing the three years’ occupancy required by the statute, executed a bond for title, binding himself to complete the occupancy and then convey said six sections in controversy to the plaintiff; that thereafter, on March 20, 1912, said Hamilton conveyed to…