Van Voast v. Blaine County

MR.- JUSTICE ADAIR

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Boyd Murphy homesteaded and was issued a fee patent for the East Half (E%) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Thirty-six (36) North, Range Twenty-six (26) East, M. M., less 15.7 acres deeded to Great Northern Railway Company and situate in Blaine County, Montana. Thereafter the First National Bank of Harlem, Montana, came into possession of the land. The bank became insolvent and was liquidated, at which time one Ira S. Harbolt purchased its remaining assets in which transaction title to the Murphy land passed to Harbolt. Taxes on the…