Snidow v. Montana Home for the Aged

This action was brought by plaintiff as a taxpayer of Yellowstone county to have declared null and void an attempted sale of real estate in the city of Billings, of which the county had become the owner by virtue of a tax deed, and which the county commissioners had offered for sale at public auction.

The record shows that on October 13, 1928, the board of county commissioners ordered a sale of the property at public auction on November 20, 1928, at 10:30 A. M. at tbe front door of the courthouse in Billings, fixing the fair market value of the property at $15,000. The board ordered the clerk…