Smith v. Marland

The plaintiff contends that the authority to lease the lands here involved for oil and gas purposes rests in the State Board of Public Affairs by virtue of article 4, chap. 20, S. L. 1935, and other sections of the statute giving such board the fiscal management of the affairs of the State University, while the defendants contend that such authority is vested in the Commissioners of the Land Office by the provisions of chapter 106, S. L. 1933, and certairi sections contained in article 5, chap. 28, O. S. 1931. The lands involved have heretofore been set aside as a part of the grounds of the…