Olds v. Little Horse Creek Cattle Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Raramie County; Hon. William C. Mentzer, Judge. The Little Horse Creek Cattle Company, a corporation, brought the action against Ray K. Olds, as County Treasurer of Laramie County, to enjoin the sale of certain State land for taxes; the land being in the possession of plaintiff under a certificate of purchase.
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Error to the District Court, Raramie County; Hon. William C. Mentzer, Judge. The Little Horse Creek Cattle Company, a corporation, brought the action against Ray K. Olds, as County Treasurer of Laramie County, to enjoin the sale of certain State land for taxes; the land being in the possession of plaintiff under a certificate of purchase. Upon the submission of the case on the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, and the defendant brought error. Although the State retains the legal title to the land as security for the deferred payments, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Justice.
This is a proceeding in error for the review of a judgment in an action brought by the Tittle Horse Creek Cattle Company, a corporation, against the County Treasurer of Laramie County enjoining the defendant therein, as said treasurer, front selling the south half of the south half of section 16 in township 18 north, of range 62 west of the Sixth Principal Meridian, for taxes levied upon the same for the year 1912, and also restraining the performance by the defendant of any and all acts which might tend to enforce the payment of such tax by the plaintiff.
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