The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-25
JUDGE COOPER HEARS
GUMAER PETITION FOR 4
TEMPORARY lNJUNCTlOM

There was called for hearing be-
fore Judge Jas. Z. Cooper in the dis
trict court here at 10 O'Clock Tuesday
morning the petition of the Gumaer
Estates company for temporary in
junction restraining Blake Rogers as
county treasurer, from issuing tax
deeds to A. H. Danforth, Nathan b.
Danforth, purchasers of the certifi-
Gates, or their representatives, to the
property owned by the company in
this county for delinquent and unpaid
taxes, amounting at this time with ac
crued interest, to approximately $685.
coo.
The case is one of considerable pub
lie interest, aside from the amount of
money involved in the proceeding, and
its trial is likely to enlist the atten-
ton of the court for several days.
Gen. Maupin, Jas. T. Locke and Judge
Schweigert appear as attorneys for
the company and A. H. McLain and
Judge Pease for the defendants. All
of the holdings of the complainant, in
cluding the property of the Florence
Oil & Refining company, the Boston
Land & Cattle company and other
property in this county of the Gumaer
Estates company having an estimated
value of 100000, was sold at public
auction at the door of the court house
on December %, 1912, for due and un-
paid taxes; the county being the pur-
chaser. Later the certificates of this
delinquent tax sale were acquired from
the county to Nathan b. Danforth
On April 18th of this year, the date
fixed by law for the issuance of tax
deeds, a complaint was fled by the
Gumaer Estates company with the
clerk of the district court asking that
temporary order be granted by the
court restraining the county treasurer
from issuing any tax deed or deeds to
its property without judicial order.
The complaint, which is a voluminous
document, states that while the tax
deeds. or certificates, to the property
in qustion were purchased from the
county by Nathan B. Danforth. a nom
resident who has never been i'll Colo
RADIO and owned no property whatever
in this state. they were acquired for
the sole use and benefit of A. H. DAN
forth, jeweler of Wilmington, Della.
ware.
The complaint prays that temper
-ary restraining order be issued by
the court restraining and prohibiting
the county treasurer from executing
or delivering any tax deed, or deeds.
to the defendant. Nathan B. Danforth,
or any other person, on the fifteenth
day of April, 1916, or at any other
time, until further order of the court
in the premises. Continuing the com
plant reads:
THAT pursuant to the statute in
such cases, made and provided, a
hearing for the granting of temper
airy Injunction shall be had after the
issuance of the said restraining order
That the said temporary injunction
shall enjoin and restrain the said de-
fendant, the county treasurer, from
executing and delivering any tax deei.
or deeds, upon either or any of the
tax certificates until further order of
the said court in the premises.
That the said temporary injunc-
tion shall enjoin and restrain the said
defendant, A. H. Danforth, as well as
fhe defendant, Nathan B. Danforth,
from 20
tax deed, or deeds. by virtue of the tax
deeds, or certificates, or any of them,
until further order of the said court
in the premises.
That upon the final hearing of this
action the court shall order, and ente-
the order, decree and judgment, fix.
ing the amount of money just and equit
able to be paid in advance by the
ii. Danforth, and to the defendant.
Nathan b. Danforth. in order to pro-
cure the assignment from the defend.
ants, or either of them, to the plaintifI
company all of the singular and tax
certificates, and each of them, and that
the court shall fix and allow a reason
able time by final decree within which
the plaintiff company may deposit
with the clerk of the court for the
use and benefit of A. II. Danforth; the
sum Of money to be SO fixed by the
court as aforesaid, and. that, when
the said amount of money is so paid,
pursuant to said judgment. the said
defendant, Nathan b. Danforth. shall