Thompson v. Buford Township

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

This is an appeal brought by Buford Township from a judgment dividing property held in trust by the county judge of Williams County. We reverse and remand.

In 1906, a patent was issued to Astoria A. Austill, in his capacity as county judge for Williams County, in trust for the use and benefit of the occupants of the town-site of Buford, located in Williams County. The patent was granted pursuant to Sections 2387, 2388, and 2389 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, later codified as 43 U.S.C. § 711, et seq. Gordon C. Thompson, judge of the county court of Williams…