Briggs v. People

March 7, 1907, plaintiff below (appellee) brought suit against defendant below (appellant), to quiet title to land in Yuma County, Colorado. The amended complaint was filed on that date, and it is therein alleged that, on August 15, 1905, the State Board of Land Commissioners of Colorado sold the land to the defendant at public sale, but that the sale was void, for the reason that no sufficient advertisement of the notice of sale had been made as required *87by law, closing with a prayer that the sale be set aside and held for naught; that the certificate of purchase issued to defendant be…