Nichols v. Board of Commissioners
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Weston County, Hon. Joseph L. Stotts, Judge. The action was brought by M. V. Nichols against the Board of the County Commissioners of the! County of Weston and others to set aside a tax sale. From a judgment in favor of the defendants and quieting the title in one of the defendants to the property in controversy, the plaintiff brought error. The material facts are stated 'in the opinion.
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Error to the District Court, Weston County, Hon. Joseph L. Stotts, Judge. The action was brought by M. V. Nichols against the Board of the County Commissioners of the! County of Weston and others to set aside a tax sale. From a judgment in favor of the defendants and quieting the title in one of the defendants to the property in controversy, the plaintiff brought error. The material facts are stated 'in the opinion. A judgment not supported by the pleadings is as fatally defective as one not sustained by the verdict or findings. (Bachman v. Sepulveda, 39 Cal., 688; Putnam v. Lampher, 36 Cal.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Corn, Chiee Justice.
This suit was brought by plaintiff in error to set aside a sale of certain dams and irrigation ditches for taxes claimed to be due to Weston County. The defendants answered, first, by a general denial. For a second defense they allege that “the County Treasurer of said Weston County proceeded to advertise the property in controversy as required by law, and the defendant, the Kent-Bissell Cattle Company, were the purchasers thereof, for value and in good faith, and they are now and ever since have been the absolute and unqualified owners thereof.” And the answer concludes…
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