Bowerman v. Pope

CONNER, Chief Justice.

This is a contest between adverse claimants of section 108, block 2, of public free school lands in Hall County, surveyed by the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Each party claims said section as “additional” land to his home section; appellant claiming ing the east one-half of section 100 as his home or base section. Appellant claims his said home section under two applications to purchase, one of date August 20, 1897, and one bearing date September 3, 1897. On the latter date appellant also appears to have made application to purchase section 108 in controversy.…