The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-24
The Questions Which Are Involved in
WaggOner vs. flaek.
STATEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
Titles OF Several Hundred PEOPLE to
Their Homes Rest on the Decision
Of the Supreme Court.

/ &c tiuc> TO hundreds ~ hand cams p the
/ Statc. Scrton Of this was mudt 10 Thurs
1 dag 5 PcSt
/ rhr question involved Ia this case is one
ot ,cu great ruuHc Importance ln Tue
/ Stntr " rcNas, i'm. ~uuch as d decision 90
1 ths question In favor n pmuu0 lu rrrcr
! would necessarily result ia the setting
/ aside 81 an frrfciutes OF punUc lands
I failing undcr tnr samc conditions ais r,c
\ scented herein and The cancellation st aH
Z sale, made OF such laud> AFTER declaration
| of forfeiture by The Cvmmis >ioucr OF the
| general laud office
! As in thc case 81 Wilson VS.. Stauditcr,
| the forfeiture acre complained ot as hCiug
Nioativc OF the constitution ~ the ultcd
Z States. was hNi 10y the commissioner Ut
the Ecucr1l laud ctucv under tuc provisions
/ at tnC act pi 1871, which provided tur
I ofuer fortciturcs, as distinguished FROM
/ Judicial touciturCs az lands sold, iu ease
I Of failure to pay interest
ihs act is as shown iu the brief Tor
/ W. l. Naggoucr, piatutin p crIur. ou
pHgc =. THAT II upon thc FIRST day cf NJ.
tvru>t duv NN amy person tu thC State OF
lrNus, fVr lands hcrciotNrv solid 20, tac
. state " rcNa>, whctocr said lands Ho a
part ~ the public domain ur shall have
hcru heretofore set apart iol fhN puuhc
schools. university. ur amy of ihc other
Various State institutions, bss uo, been
paid, it SHAH bc The duty of thc comm.S
~ioucr 80 tho general land ojupc t0 uuluy>c
ou tho obligation Tor said lands lands for
t"itcd and shall cause au ftvy to THAT
{ '"',' y" W. p"""' Wv 'aE "'.,.l Nf, WV
shalt thereby hc forfeited io the
State. without the necessity ~ ur-
'utH or yu"lv'" a>,''i ',"Wt"' aug
% or giualy belonged. aud Dos rcsnd uuJcr
lAr PROVISIONS "i NoN tNN'hE t'N. OF an,
i"lW'' LaW plNW' '.t lH''"'>' N' >'l'
mnl Sn9u nav inc ilso, a' 'H3 ,'1r
WITHIN S'N moolAS Si''' .a.N lhl''>rg'n.
~ land t'rirlicd w. iHH .nir SUI ia
thc district court ~ Travis county, Texas.
AGAINST tA' eNmW'sNehr' o' lA' S'tri'.
>N'h lgH'lurc any Nc.5 lnt a,'N' : ~, NAN.
NlN NJ GlNUh" lna' tat 'a'l> "lo N', TX,
ISL aVthclE.pE ,urh i"rf"im" A"' " NO
>ui ma h,,m 'nS,', I .S .,.i, ,,
s"g"r"' @nd oinyc sos,s men Aeg'.N nNrl
rha,cc ,hag d.; nl> heir, ,r osa egpr'
N0"tat'vrN shan have que N'1r n w ,h ~
quake payment after th' lsi "N "f \.'rM,
hv" next after Such doAiA. HNu ,c l"I'''N'
lo 'n ne opinion @t nv s'H,t d. 500.
mcn' NJ facts quoted iu the "Ml.n.
in each case lhcrc NHN ''girNNN on
. thr laud by p" 'Nmw,Hsnnr 'i 'aN syn
ga. Nn3 o,nrc without l3''. 5,',',",'i
mrnt aod Afterwards 2 safe p" ''' o'i'''
ants W error rySpCCcivN'y
th INC cAs' az WRSrW W. ~ tlV"'
,'r ai,'nWagIS fSn,rls1 ,S s ,'.'", ,S i.,
N.yf'S' WAS ma"' Nh"e' ''' "' 4" ''''
N,S y...-
'HiN fA'Ule VNtN n"i XIV II" NN N''
%" S'@aG W. ~, ism y,- ,,n,r,
~ nay interest eut On b" cCntgar' Lnr
"', lW >r'''vN y. rNNtrNNA p,NN'""t .N
St Nv ',, 80, w ' w, ~ Si,,,
In ,b,c ~ surh failure Os> ,outoni.,l
! tEs' this nr,,,t Ham ~ s" i03i..sl f,ffsIturr
: ws. rsrt ~ thc Contract 81 ,str rpar. thsf