Legal Opinion
Blevins v. Terrell, Commissioner
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1903No. 1166PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Application by Blevins for writ of mandamus against the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Relator filed his petition in this court against Charles Rogan, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and A. S. Gage, praying for a writ of mandamus against the Commissioner of the Land Office for the purposes as set out in the petition. Rogan’s term of office having expired, Terrell was elected to succeed him and qualified according to law, after which he was made party defendant to the proceeding.
The petition alleges, in substance, that on the 11th day of June, 1902, he was an actual settler in good faith on section No. 2, block No. 347, certificate No. 33650,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ketner v. Rogan, Commissioner, and SlaughterTexas Supreme Court · 1902
3Cited by4 opinions
- Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. Globe & Rutgers Fire Ins. Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1952
- Fish Cattle Co. v. Terrell, CommissionerTexas Supreme Court · 1904
- Pruett v. Robison, CommissionerTexas Supreme Court · 1917