Fairbanks v. Lampkin

Citations

• 101 Cal. 520
• 36 P. 6
• 1894 Cal. LEXIS 1068

Syllabus

<p>State School Lands—Application to Purchase—False Statement as to Part of Land—Construction of Code.—The false statement spoken of in section 3500 of the Political Code relating to the purchase of school lands, which provides that any false statement contained in the affidavit of the applicant as to the character of the land defeats his right to purchase the land, refers to a false statement made with reference to the particular tract of land, and the fact that an applicant’s affidavit does not state the true condition of one legal subdivision of the land as to its fitness for cultivation, is no ground for denying his application to purchase another subdivision of land included in the same application, in respect to which the statement is true.</p>