Belknap v. Hunt

The appellant, Belknap, brought suit in m-amdamm against the appellees, constituting the state land department and the state land commissioner, to compel them to enter into a contract of sale to him of 29.5 acres of school land, the same being a part of section 16, situate in Maricopa county. The complaint shows that both the land and improvements had been appraised as provided by law, and that the appellant, at a public sale of the land, had bidden it in at the appraised value; and that appellees refused to execute the contract of sale and issue the certificate of purchase until and unless…