Grat v. State

Citations

• 7 Tex. Ct. App. 10

Syllabus

<p>Unlawful Purchase of Public Land.—Indictment, based on art. 1863, Paschal’s Digest, charged that the accused was county surveyor of Stephens County, and that he did on a certain day, and in said county, “deal in land-certificates of the State of Texas, and was then and there interested and concerned in the purchase and sale of an interest in the public lands of the State of Texas, contrary to law,” etc. Held, that the indictment is bad for uncertainty, and because the said art. 1863 does not designate county surveyors among the officials prohibited from dealing in the public lands. Note, however, that the Revised Code corrects the omission.</p>