State v. Finnegan

STONE, Justice.

Action by the state to void a sale of swamp land and for cancelation of the certificate of sale. October 26, 1931, the Honorable Stafford King, state auditor, sold to defendant the involved land and issued a certificate pursuant to statutes in force until July 1, 1931, the effective date of L. 1931, p. 206, c. 186, Mason, 1931 Supp. §§ 53-23% to 53-23%k, creating the department of conservation and transferring the duties of the auditor in respect to state lands to the conservation commissioner. A demurrer to the answer challenging the constitutionality of that statute was…