Legal Opinion

Stanton v. C. B. & Q. R.

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided June 26, 1917No. 887PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to District Court; Natrona County; Charles :E. Winter, Judge. Action by Frederick'J. Stanton against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, et al. Judgment for defendant named, and plaintiif brings error. The court erred in not granting plaintiff a continuance. Defendant, Samuel J. Jordan, is a fictitious person and must have been impersonated by someone else at the time of the alleged conveyance. Defendant has been unable to find Samuel J. Jordan.

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Error to District Court; Natrona County; Charles :E. Winter, Judge. Action by Frederick'J. Stanton against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, et al. Judgment for defendant named, and plaintiif brings error. The court erred in not granting plaintiff a continuance. Defendant, Samuel J. Jordan, is a fictitious person and must have been impersonated by someone else at the time of the alleged conveyance. Defendant has been unable to find Samuel J. Jordan. A. T. Butler is alleged to have been connected with the transaction, but nothing is found among his effects which gives any…

1Opinion of the Court

Beard, Justice.

The plaintiff in error seeks a reversal of a judgment of the District Court of Natrona County, rendered in an action brought by him against the defendants in error, in which action he alleged in his petition that he was the owner of certain real estate situated in said county; that defendant Railroad Company claimed title thereto by virtue of a warranty deed from defendant Samuel J. Jordan, and that said defendant claimed that said Jordan on August 26, 1910, received a warranty deed to said land from plaintiff. And he alleged that said last mentioned deed purporting to have…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. LP v. Natrona County Department of Public Assistance & Social ServicesWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Clarke v. VandermeerWyoming Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Dubs ex rel. Dubs v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Coffee v. HarrisWyoming Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Johnson v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. of HartfordWyoming Supreme Court · 1981

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