California Court of Appeal February 8, 1910, Civ. No. 665. (Coffin v. Kingsbury)

BURNETT, J.

A proceeding was brought in the superior court for a writ of mandate to compel the respondent to file an application presented by appellant for the purchase of certain school lands. It appears, -as stated by respondent,, that in the year 1889 a similar application was made by oneBillington, who paid twenty per cent of the purchase price- and received a certificate of purchase.