Johnson v. Wilmuth

On October 23, 1944, the Commissioner of State Lands sold and conveyed to appellant lots 5, 7, and 9, of the southwest quarter of section 6, township 4 north, range 5 west, 136.72 acres, which, according to the commissioner’s record, had been sold to the State for nonpayment of taxes of 1925.

Thereafter appellant filed suit in the lower court against appellees, alleging that he was the owner of the said land, by virtue of his deed from the State Land Commissioner, that he had ‘ ‘ the right of possession,’ ’ ’ that appellee, Wilmuth, was claiming lots 5 and 9 under a deed to him executed on…