Lambert v. Shumway
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. Hon. S. L. Carpenter, Judge. Action by Charles W. Shumway against William T. Lambert. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
This is an action to quiet title to real estate.
The complaint is in the usual form. Two defenses are attempted to be set up in the answer, the first consisting of admissions, and denials only.' The second pleads title in defendant by virtue of a tax deed.
Plaintiff replied denying the validity of the tax deed, and alleging that the proceedings leading up to its execution were defective in several respects, among which was that no sufficient affidavit of publication of the notice of the tax sale had been made.
The cause went to trial and among other things it is shown that the proof of…
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