Dockter v. Sheridan County

This action was brought because of the conflicting claims of the plaintiff Dockter and the defendants Dalos to a quarter section of tax deed land advertised for sale by the defendant Sheridan County and which the parties above named claimed to have bought from the said county.

The case was tried to the court without a jury. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff and the defendants appealed and demanded a trial de novo in this court.

Chapter 235, Session Laws 1939, provides for the sale by counties of lands forfeited to them on account of nonpayment of taxes. Those portions of said chapter with…