Jackson v. Guss

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

The statute in relation to the sale of school land, as it existed prior to 1909, contained this provision:

“The county treasurer shall then- offer the unsold portion of all school lands for sale at public auction, after giving four weeks’ notice thereof in some newspaper published in such county; and in case no such paper is published in such county, then said notice shall *281be given by posting the same at each voting precinct in such county at least four weeks previous to the sale.” (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 6346.)

Under this statute an attempt was…