Baker v. Brown
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Albany County, HoN. Charles W. Bramel, Judge. Etherton P. Baker and Charles W. Brown, Jr., were contesting applicants for the lease of certain state lands. The State Board awarded the lease to Brown, and Baker appealed -to the District Court, where the decision of the board was affirmed. Baker prosecuted error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The original lease offered in evidence by the plaintiff in error should have been received.
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Error to the District Court, Albany County, HoN. Charles W. Bramel, Judge. Etherton P. Baker and Charles W. Brown, Jr., were contesting applicants for the lease of certain state lands. The State Board awarded the lease to Brown, and Baker appealed -to the District Court, where the decision of the board was affirmed. Baker prosecuted error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The original lease offered in evidence by the plaintiff in error should have been received. Its only purpose was to inform the court as to its terms, which would have been important in case a renewal should be ordered.…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Justice.
Plaintiff in error appealed to the District Court from a decision of the State Board of Land Commissioners awarding a lease for certain state lands to the defendant in error, and rejecting the application of plaintiff in error for the same tract. The trial in the District Court resulted in a judgment affirming in all respects the determination of the board. From that judgment the cause comes to this court on error.
It appears that on July 9, 1901, there was filed with the Register of the State Board of Land Commissioners an application by the defendant in error to lease the…
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