Shelton v. Klickitat County

The plaintiff, Shelton, sought in the superior court for Klickitat county recovery from that county of the sum of $1,200 paid by him to the county as the purchase prióe of a quarter section of land sold and conveyed to him by the county after it had acquired the land through general tax foreclosure sale. The county’s demurrer to Shelton’s - complaint being, by the superior court, sustained, and Shelton electing not to plead further, judgment of dismissal was accordingly rendered against him, from which he has appealed to this court.

Following allegations showing the prosecution by the county…