Hamblin v. State Board of Land Com'rs

The plaintiff by this proceeding requests the court to issue a peremptory writ of mandate requiring' the defendant board, its president and secretary, to issue to plaintiff a certificate of sale for certain school land described in the application. The application is supported by the affidavit of plaintiff’s attorney and shows the following facts: That one of plaintiff’s predecessors in interest settled upon said land about forty years ago, built a house thereon, lived there, cultivated the land, and raised valuable crops of corn, hay, and pasturage; that another predecessor of plaintiff…