The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-02-08
TAX SALE OF
GUMAER LANDS
is SUSTAINED
Supreme Court Upho1ds the
Decision Of Lower
Court.

at he-sconnty treasurers| office here
Thursday afternoon from William F.
Young at Denver stating that the su-
preme court of Colorado had Sustained
the decree made by Judge willsin ,ot
the district court here on December
2sth denying the application of the
Florence Oil G Refining Company and
the Boston Land & Cattle Company,
representing the Gumaer interests,
against the board of county commits
sioners, T. B. Moore, county treasur-
Ell William F. Young. w. T. Lambert,
Abel Kidd, 9. G. Kelso. W. R. Alfred
and w. H. La Grange, asking for an
Injunction restraining them from
deciding to the purchaser Of the certif-
icates the delinquent tax lands of y.
e. Gunner of Florence, which have
been in default for a period of five
years.
In accordance with the statutes of
this state the property in question
was to have been decided by the coun-
ty treasurer to Abel Kidd of Chicago
on December 27th of last year by rea-
son of his having paid the taxes on it
for five consecutive years, but convey
ance was delayed by the filing of
petition in the district court for
restraining order pending the judicial
determination of certain technical
questions relating to the proposition
The county treasurer's books show
that delinquent taxes of the Florence
Oil & Refining company and the Bos-
ton Land & Cattle company for the
nve years in which they were in de-
fault amounted to s35,354, which does
not include interest, fines or penal
ties. The total amount of their delin-
quencies with these added trimmings
cannot easily be ascertained. but is In
excess OF $4,000. which is now due to
Abel Kidd. the purchaser of the tax
certificates.
w. T. Lambert OF Denver and Will
liam F. Young of Pueblo. who appear,
ed in the suit With the county com
missioners apZ the county treasurer
as parties in interest, are the agents Of
Aoel~Iddd in the matter and look af-
ter his property interests in this state
Mr.. Young is the superintendent OF
The Union railroad station in Pueblo
and Mr.. Lambert has for a number of
years been Mr.. Kidd's principal buyer
of delinquent tax certificates in Colo
rado and the contiguous states.
The petition for the Injunction as
2ied in the district court here recited
among other things that the adver-
tsement and sale of the delinquent
property in the first instance did not
comply with the letter of the law, but
objections were held by Judge wilkin
TO afford insufficient grounds upon
which to grant restraining order,
whereupon the matter was appealed
by the complainants to the supreme
court for final adjudication on a writ
of error
Mr.. Lambert arrived here from Dem
yer this afternoon for the purpose of
making the necessary arrangements
with the county treasurer to take over
the property as he is entitled to do
under the law. Whether the defend.
ants will be able TO effect a compro-
mise with Mr. Kidd and his agents and
retain ownership of the property by
reimbursing them for the amount paid
into the treasurer's Office on account
of the delinquencies remains to be
seen. Allen & Webster Of Denver ap-
peared as attorneys for the plaintiffs
both In the district court here and f.
the supreme court in Denver, while
John F. Mail OF Denver represented
Abel Kidd in a similar capacity in
both tribunals.
The cost OF the legal proceeding,
just ended has been a very consider