Housing Authority v. Bjork

This is an appeal by defendant county from a judgment for plaintiff. The action was to enjoin the county from selling a certain lot in the city of Butte for delinquent taxes. The facts involved in the controversy are these:

Plaintiff, in September, 1939, commenced an action in the district court of Silver Bow county to obtain certain described property by right of eminent domain. The complaint described the area as a slum district, detrimental to public safety, health and morals; plaintiff, according to its complaint, proposed to eradicate the slum area by substituting in the place of…