Christofferson v. Chouteau County

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Chouteau County, approving the action of the board of county commissioners of that county in disallowing a claim for refund of certain taxes paid by the appellant to the county. The cause was submitted to the lower court upon an agreed statement of facts.

It appears from this statement that originally a quarter section of land situated in that county was school land, the property of the state of Montana. Prior to the first Monday in March, 1927, the state sold this land to Luther Winther, and issued a certificate of purchase to him,…