State v. Elza

This controversy is over the right of the State to recover certain school land purchased by defendant in error, upon the ground that he did not within three years after his purchase erect on the land permanent improvements of the value of three hundred dollars. The State recovered the land in the District Court on the finding that defendant in error had failed to erect such improvements. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the trial court’s judgment and rendered judgment .for defendant in error, holding that he had fully complied with his obligation with respect to improvements, one of the…