Hinz v. Musselshell County

The plaintiff brought this action to restrain the defendant county treasurer from issuing a tax deed conveying to Mussel- shell county the lands involved in this suit. The parties agreed upon the facts and the case was thereupon submitted to the district court which rendered judgment for the plaintiff. Hence this appeal.

The facts are that prior to 1921 a predecessor in interest of the plaintiff purchased two tracts of land pursuant to the laws of the United States providing for the acquisition of coal lands, at the price of twenty dollars per acre. On October 24, 1924, plaintiff’s predecessor…