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A notorious county land dispute grew out of the state practice of paying railroads in public land for trackage laid. It began in 1873 when Houston & Texas Central mistakenly claimed some 300,000 acres of Block 97 that had been reserved for Texas & Pacific. When the error was discovered in 1882, all deeds from H. & T.C. for lots in the reserve were voided. Much of the land was then unscrupulously resold, causing a decade of conflict over claims. The issue was settled only when the 1899 Legislature, on the authority of the State Supreme Court, declared the land state school land and gave settlers the option to buy.
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