Spaugh v. Ross, Governor

Riner, Justice.

This is a proceeding by direct appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Niobrara County, which “approved and sustained” the action of the State Board of Land Commissioners of this state denying the application of appellant Spaugh for relief under chapter 96, Laws of Wyoming 1923, and dismissed his appeal from the decision of said board in this matter.

Under the title 1 ‘ an act for the relief of contracts for the purchase of state and school lands,” the Wyoming legislature passed the law already mentioned. It provided, among other things, in substance, that any person who…