Jenkins v. Morgan

WOLFE, Chief Justice.

In an action upon a supersedeas bond, plaintiffs appeal from a judgment awarding them $24.00 as damages for the use and occupation of 160 acres of land withheld by defendants, pending their unsuccessful appeal.

In 1944 defendants purchased a tax title and received a Quitclaim deed from Utah County to plaintiffs’ property. Plaintiffs sued to quiet title and were awarded a decree in their favor based on defects in the tax title proceedings. Defendants appealed and posted a supersedeas bond to stay the trial court’s order granting possession to plaintiffs. This court affirmed…