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GREER COUNTY v. TEXAS

No. 160.

197 U.S. 235 (1905)

GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 20, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Clark, Mr. H.N. Atkinson and Mr. D.C. Bolinger for plaintiff in error.

Mr. C.K. Bell, former Attorney General of the State of Texas, with whom Mr. R.V. Davidson, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Mr. C.A. Culberson and Mr. T.S. Reese were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit brought by the State of Texas to recover certain lands in Hockley and Cochran Counties, Texas, for which patents were issued to Greer County, Texas, on July 18, 1887, under color of the general laws of the State granting four leagues of land to each county of the State for school purposes. Texas Gen. Laws, 1883, c. 55. Greer County, Texas, was created by...

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