Dallas v. Swigart
Citations
- 24 N.M. 1
- 172 P. 416
Syllabus
<p>SYLLABUS BY THE' COURT.</p> <p>Sections 6 and 11 of the Enabling Act of New Mexico (Act Cong. June 20, 1910, c. 310, 36 Stat. 557) and Act. Cong. August 18, 1894, c. 301, § 1, 28 Stat. 394 (U. S. Comp. St. 1916, § 4876), interpreted, and held to operate as a present grant to the state of school sections, subject only to identification by survey, whereupon title vested in the state as of the date of the Enabling Act. Under the terms of the Enabling Act, as soon as such lands are surveyed in the field, the state acquires such an interest therein as entitles it to take possession thereof or to lease the same to private persons.</p>
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- “A writ of certiorari is not a writ of right, but the issuing of it is dependent on a sound judicial discretion[.]”
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Judges: Hanna, Koberts, Parker
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