Board of County Commissioners v. Welch

The. opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to quiet title to three town lots which the defendant Geo. W. Finnup conveyed to the board of county commissioners of Finney county thirty years ago.

The purpose of the grant in 1901 was to aid in providing courthouse facilities for the county, and the property was so used until August, 1929, at which time a new courthouse authorized by popular-vote was completed and occupied. On November 9,1929, the county board sold the Finnup lots and others which had also been occupied for courthouse purposes from 1901 until 1929. A…