State v. Moore

This is an action instituted by the State of Wyoming under § 9-688, W.S.1957, against Scott M. Moore, Sr., and the S.cott M. Moore Land and Livestock Company, hereinafter called defendant, 1 for the escheat of 160 acres of land in Weston County. ’

The information 2 recited that in 1904 one Frank Dooley made a homestead entry on the land in question, now in possession of defendant; that in 1908 a patent issued from the United States to the “Heirs of Frank Dooley” and was duly recorded in Weston County; that said Frank Dooley (also known as Frank Durick) died intestate on March 29, 1904, leaving…