MONROE CATTLE COMPANY v. BECKER

No. 87.

147 U.S. 47 (1893)

MONROE CATTLE COMPANY v. BECKER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Garland and Mr. H.J. May for appellant.

Mr. William D. Williams for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the construction of the statutes of Texas with regard to the purchase of school lands, and depends upon the question whether, during the ninety days allowed to the proposed purchaser to make his first payment, it is competent for the surveyor to receive another application for the same land, or rather to permit a person, who had theretofore filed applications for two...

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