State ex rel. Jackson v. White

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

These cases were all tried upon the same evidence, although different tracts of land are involved.

The attorney-general sued to set aside appraisements of school land because of an alleged fraudulent undervaluation, and asked for cancellation of the certificates of purchase issued to the defendants, based upon such appraisements. All the land was appraised at $1.50 per acre. In the petitions it was alleged that the land was reasonably worth from $5 to $10 per acre, and that the appraisers “negligently, willfully and without any consideration…