Smithers v. Lowrance
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Mitchell County. Smithers sued Lowrance and defendant had judgment. Plaintiff appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This action was brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error to establish title to and to recover two sections of school land, which for the purposes of this opinion are sufficiently designated as section 8 and section 12. The judgment Was in favor of the defendant both in the trial court and in the Court of Civil Appeals.
September 18, 1899, the plaintiff in error made separate applications to purchase the two sections, section 8 as his home section and section 12 as additional lands. He was an actual settler upon section 8 and was -a qualified…
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