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COLMAN v. UTAH STATE LAND BOARD

No. 10132.

17 Utah 2d 14 (1965)

403 P.2d 781

WILLIAM J. COLMAN, PLAINTIFF, v. UTAH STATE LAND BOARD, DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde, Mecham & Pratt, Frank J. Allen, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

A. Pratt Kesler, Atty. Gen., Ronald N. Boyce, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendant.

CROCKETT, Justice:

Plaintiff seeks review of a decision of the Utah Land Board which rejected his application for an oil and gas lease on a 320-acre tract of state-owned land in Uintah County.1

The position of the plaintiff is that because he filed the first application for an oil and gas lease on the land in question, in which he offered $1 per acre, the Land Board was compelled to approve it solely because of his priority in...

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