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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 28 - Injunctions › Section 1-28-102 - Causes for Injunction; Granting Temporary Order.

1-28-102. Causes for injunction; granting temporary order.
When it appears by the petition that the plaintiff is entitled to relief consisting of restraining the commission or continuance of some act the commission or continuance of which during the litigation would produce great or irreparable injury to the plaintiff, or when during the litigation it appears that the defendant is doing, threatens to do, or is procuring to be done some act in violation of the plaintiff's rights respecting the subject of the action and tending to render the judgment ineffectual, a temporary order may be granted restraining the act. The order may also be granted in any case where it is specially authorized by statute and by municipal ordinance adopted pursuant to W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xlvi).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 28 - Injunctions › Section 1-28-103 - When and by Whom Granted.

1-28-103. When and by whom granted.
The injunction may be granted at the time of commencing the action, or at any time before judgment, by the district court or a judge thereof, or in the absence from the county of the judge, by the court commissioner of the county, when it appears by affidavit of the plaintiff or his agent that the plaintiff is entitled thereto. When an injunction has been vacated during the pendency of the action in the district court, and an appeal is taken to the supreme court from the judgment or final order after trial in the district court, an injunction may be granted at any time before judgment or final order in the supreme court by a judge of the supreme court, when it appears to the court or judge by affidavit of the party or his agent that the party is entitled thereto. Upon like proof, an injunction may also be allowed by the supreme or district court or by a judge of either as a temporary remedy, during the pendency of a case on error or appeal.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 28 - Injunctions › Section 1-28-104 - Order of Injunction and Notice.

1-28-104. Order of injunction and notice.
The order of injunction shall be addressed to the party enjoined and shall state the injunction. When the injunction is allowed at the commencement of the action, the clerk shall endorse upon the summons "injunction allowed", and it is not necessary to issue the order of injunction; nor is it necessary to issue the order when notice of the application has been given to the party enjoined. Service of the summons so endorsed or the notice of the application for an injunction is notice of its allowance.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 28 - Injunctions › Section 1-28-106 - When Second Application for Injunction Denied.

1-28-106. When second application for injunction denied.
No injunction shall be granted by a judge after a motion therefor has been overruled by his court on the merits of the application. When it has been refused by the court in which the action is brought, or a judge thereof, it shall not be granted to the same applicant by a court of inferior jurisdiction, or any judge thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 28 - Injunctions › Section 1-28-107 - Enforcement of Injunction; Penalties.

1-28-107. Enforcement of injunction; penalties.
An injunction or restraining order granted by a judge may be enforced as the act of the court, and disobedience may be punished by the court as a contempt. An attachment may be issued against the disobedient party upon satisfactory showing by affidavit of the breach of the injunction or restraining order. The disobedient party may be required by the court or judge to pay a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00), to make immediate restitution to the party injured and to give further security to obey the injunction or restraining order. In default thereof, he may be committed to custody until he complies with the requirements or is otherwise legally discharged. Fines collected under this section shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited as provided in W.S. 8-1-109.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 28 - Injunctions › Section 1-28-108 - Additional Security May Be Required.

1-28-108. Additional security may be required.
At any time before judgment, upon reasonable notice to the party who obtained the injunction, a party enjoined may move the court or judge for additional security. If it appears that the surety has removed from the state or is insufficient, the court may vacate the injunction unless in a reasonable time sufficient security is given.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 28 - Injunctions › Section 1-28-110 - Motion to Vacate or Modify Injunction.

1-28-110. Motion to vacate or modify injunction.
When an injunction has been granted a party may, before trial, apply to the court in which the action is pending, or a judge thereof, or to the supreme court or a judge thereof, to vacate or modify the same. The party applying for vacation or modification shall give the adverse party reasonable notice of the time and place for hearing the motion. The application may be made upon the petition and affidavits upon which the injunction was granted, or upon affidavits of the party enjoined, with or without answer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 28 - Injunctions › Section 1-28-111 - Evidence on Hearing of Motion.

1-28-111. Evidence on hearing of motion.
When the application is made upon affidavits of the defendant but not otherwise, the plaintiff may oppose the same by affidavits or other evidence in addition to the evidence on which the injunction was granted.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 29 - Libel and Slander › Section 1-29-101 - Radio and Television Stations; Liability Generally.

1-29-101. Radio and television stations; liability generally.
The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of the owner, licensee or operator are not liable for damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in a visual or sound broadcast by one other than the owner, licensee, or operator, or agent or employee thereof, unless the complaining party proves that the owner, licensee, operator, agent or employee failed to exercise due care to prevent the publication or utterance of such statement in the broadcast.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 29 - Libel and Slander › Section 1-29-102 - Radio and Television Stations; Liability for Statements Made by Political Candidates.

1-29-102. Radio and television stations; liability for statements made by political candidates.
An owner, licensee or operator or the agents or employees of any owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound broadcasting station is not liable for any damages for any defamatory statement uttered over the facilities of the station by any candidate for public office.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 29 - Libel and Slander › Section 1-29-103 - Limitation as to Damages.

1-29-103. Limitation as to damages.
In an action for damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound broadcast, the complaining party shall be allowed only the actual damages he has alleged and proved.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 29 - Libel and Slander › Section 1-29-104 - Publication of Proceedings of Governing Bodies Deemed Privileged; Exception.

1-29-104. Publication of proceedings of governing bodies deemed privileged; exception.
The publication of a fair and impartial report of the proceedings before state or municipal legislative bodies, or before state or municipal executive bodies, boards or officers, or the whole or a fair synopsis of any document presented, filed or issued in any proceeding before a legislative or executive body, board or officer, is privileged unless it is proved that the publication was made maliciously.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 29 - Libel and Slander › Section 1-29-105 - Publication of Criminal and Civil Proceedings Deemed Privileged; Exceptions.

1-29-105. Publication of criminal and civil proceedings deemed privileged; exceptions.
The publication of a fair and impartial report of any indictment, the issuing of any warrant, the arrest of any person accused of crime, or the filing of any pleading or other document in any criminal or civil cause in any court, or of the contents thereof, is privileged unless it is proved that the same was published maliciously or that the defendant has refused or neglected to publish in the same manner in which the publication complained of appeared a reasonable written explanation or contradiction thereof by the plaintiff, or that the publisher has refused upon plaintiff's request to publish the subsequent determination of the suit or action.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 29 - Libel and Slander › Section 1-29-106 - Publication of Indecent Matter Prohibited.

1-29-106. Publication of indecent matter prohibited.
Nothing in W.S. 1-29-104 or 1-29-105 shall authorize the publication of blasphemous or indecent matter.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-101 - "Mandamus" Defined.

1-30-101. "Mandamus" defined.
Mandamus is a writ issued in the name of the state to an inferior tribunal, a corporation, board or person commanding the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust or station.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-102 - By What Courts Issued; Cannot Control Judicial Discretion.

1-30-102. By what courts issued; cannot control judicial discretion.
The writ can only be issued by the supreme court or the district court. It may require an inferior tribunal to exercise its judgment or to proceed to discharge any of its functions but it cannot control judicial discretion.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-103 - Application for Writ; Notice to Defendant.

1-30-103. Application for writ; notice to defendant.
The application for a writ must be by petition, in the name of the state, on the relation of the party applying and verified by affidavit. The court may require notice of the application to be given to the defendant, may grant an order to show cause why it should not be allowed, or may allow the writ without notice.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-104 - Writ Not to Be Issued if Adequate Remedy at Law; Party Beneficially Interested.

1-30-104. Writ not to be issued if adequate remedy at law; party beneficially interested.
The writ must not be issued when there is an adequate remedy at law. It may issue on the information of the party beneficially interested.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-105 - Writ to Be Peremptory if Right Is Clear; Alternative Writ to Issue in Other Cases.

1-30-105. Writ to be peremptory if right is clear; alternative writ to issue in other cases.
When the right to require the performance of the act is clear and it is apparent that no valid excuse can be given for not performing it, a court may allow a peremptory mandamus. In all other cases an alternative writ must first be issued on the allowance of the court, or a judge thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-106 - Docket Entry of Allowance of Writ.

1-30-106. Docket entry of allowance of writ.
The allowance of a peremptory writ ordering the defendant to do the act required immediately upon service, or an alternative writ ordering that he do the act or show cause before the court at a specified time and place why he does not do the act, shall be entered upon the docket.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-107 - Issuance and Service of Writ.

1-30-107. Issuance and service of writ.
The writ shall be issued by the clerk of the court in which the application is made and shall contain a copy of the petition, verification and order of allowance. A copy shall be served upon the defendant personally, by the sheriff of the proper county or by a person specially authorized by the court or judge. The officer or person shall report his proceedings to the court, and if the service is made by a person not an officer, the return must be verified by his affidavit.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-112 - Judgment for Plaintiff; Damages.

1-30-112. Judgment for plaintiff; damages.
If judgment is for the relator, he may recover damages as ascertained by the court, a jury or by a referee or master as in a civil action, plus costs. A peremptory mandamus shall also be granted to him without delay.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-115 - Penalty for Failure to Comply With Mandamus.

1-30-115. Penalty for failure to comply with mandamus.
When a peremptory mandamus is directed to a public officer, body or board commanding the performance of a public duty specially enjoined by law, and the court finds that the officer or any member of a body or board has, without just excuse, refused or neglected to perform the duty enjoined, the court may impose a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) on the officer or member. Payment of the fine shall bar an action for any penalty incurred by the officer or member by reason of his refusal or neglect.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-116 - County Treasurer to Levy and Assess Tax Upon Mandamus.

1-30-116. County treasurer to levy and assess tax upon mandamus.
When a peremptory mandamus is issued against the commissioners of a county, the trustees of a school district or the officers of a municipal corporation to levy and assess a tax to pay interest upon a debt or to create a sinking fund for the payment of a funded debt, and the officers have resigned, or refuse or neglect to levy and assess the tax, or their offices are vacant, upon motion of an interested person, the court may issue a special order to the county treasurer of the proper county commanding him to levy and assess the taxes required by law and to place the same upon the tax list for collection by the county treasurer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-117 - County Treasurer to Levy and Assess Tax Upon Mandamus; Duties and Fees of Treasurer.

1-30-117. County treasurer to levy and assess tax upon mandamus; duties and fees of treasurer.
When a special order is issued to the county treasurer he is responsible for its execution in the same manner as if he were an officer of the court. He shall receive such fees for his services in executing the order, if not otherwise fixed by the court, as are allowed by law for making tax duplicates. The fees and all other costs of the proceedings shall be added to the taxes levied in executing the order, and placed upon the duplicate for collection with the taxes.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 30 - Mandamus › Section 1-30-118 - County Treasurer to Levy and Assess Tax Upon Mandamus; Powers of Court.

1-30-118. County treasurer to levy and assess tax upon mandamus; powers of court.
The provisions of W.S. 1-30-116 and 1-30-117 shall not be construed to limit the power of the court to carry its order and judgment into execution or to punish any officer named therein for contempt or disobedience of its orders or writs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-101 - Actions Against Persons.

1-31-101. Actions against persons.
(a) A civil action may be brought in the name of the state:
(i) Against a person who usurps, intrudes into or unlawfully holds or exercises a public office, civil or military, or a franchise within this state or an office in a corporation created by authority of this state;
(ii) Against a public officer, civil or military, who does or suffers an act which by law works a forfeiture of his office;
(iii) Against an association of persons who act as a corporation within this state without being legally incorporated or who fail to comply with the corporation laws of the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-102 - Actions Against Corporations.

1-31-102. Actions against corporations.
(a) A like action may be brought against a corporation:
(i) When it has violated the law governing its creation or renewal;
(ii) When it has forfeited its privileges and franchises by nonuse;
(iii) When it has committed or omitted an act which amounts to a surrender of its corporate rights, privileges and franchises;
(iv) When it has misused a franchise or privilege conferred upon it by law or exercised a franchise or privilege not so conferred.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-103 - Commencement of Action.

1-31-103. Commencement of action.
The attorney general or a county attorney shall commence an action when directed by the governor, supreme court or legislature, or when upon complaint or otherwise he has good reason to believe that such an action can be established by proof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-104 - Upon Whose Relation Action Brought; Security for Costs.

1-31-104. Upon whose relation action brought; security for costs.
(a) The prosecuting officer may bring the action upon his own relation or, by leave of court, he may bring the action upon the relation of another person. If the action is brought pursuant to W.S. 1-31-101(a)(i), the court may require security for costs as in other cases.
(b) Upon application for leave to file a petition upon the relation of another person, the court may direct notice thereof to be given to the defendant previous to granting such leave and may hear the defendant in opposition thereto; and if leave is granted an entry thereof shall be made on the journal or the fact shall be endorsed by the judge on the petition, which shall then be filed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-105 - Action by Person Claiming Public Office; Security for Costs.

1-31-105. Action by person claiming public office; security for costs.
A person claiming to be entitled to a public office unlawfully held and exercised by another may bring an action therefor upon giving security for costs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-106 - Appointment of Attorney When County Attorney Disabled.

1-31-106. Appointment of attorney when county attorney disabled.
When the office of county attorney is vacant or when the county attorney is absent, interested in the action or disabled from any cause, the court may direct or permit any member of the bar to act in his place to bring and prosecute the action.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-107 - Petition in Action for Usurpation of Office.

1-31-107. Petition in action for usurpation of office.
When the action is against a person for usurping an office, the petition shall set forth the name of the person who claims to be entitled thereto with an averment of his right thereto.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-109 - Place of Bringing Action.

1-31-109. Place of bringing action.
An action under W.S. 1-31-101 through 1-31-130 can be brought in the supreme court, or in the district court of the county in which the defendant or one (1) of the defendants, resides or is found or, when the defendant is a corporation, in the county in which it is situated or has a place of business.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-112 - Judgment in Case of Usurpation.

1-31-112. Judgment in case of usurpation.
When a defendant is found guilty of usurping, intruding into or unlawfully holding or exercising an office, franchise or privilege, judgment shall be rendered ousting the defendant and allowing the relator to recover his costs.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-113 - Judgment Ousting Trustee or Director of Corporation.

1-31-113. Judgment ousting trustee or director of corporation.
When the action is against a trustee or director of a corporation and the court finds that at his election either illegal votes were received or legal votes were rejected sufficient to change the result, judgment may be rendered ousting the defendant and in favor of the person who is entitled to be declared elected at the election.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-114 - Judgment Ousting Trustee or Director of Corporation; Order for New Election of Trustee; Service.

1-31-114. Judgment ousting trustee or director of corporation; order for new election of trustee; service.
In a case named in W.S. 1-31-113 the court may order a new election to be held at a time and place and by judges appointed by the court. Notice of the election, naming the judges, shall be given for the time and in the manner provided by law for notice of elections of directors or trustees of the corporation. The order of the court is obligatory upon the corporation and its officers when a duly certified copy thereof is served upon its secretary personally or left at its principal office with someone of suitable age, and the court may enforce its order by contempt or otherwise.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-115 - Rights of Persons Adjudged Entitled to Office; Generally; to Take Oath and Execute Bond; Taking Over Office; Demanding Books and Papers.

1-31-115. Rights of persons adjudged entitled to office; generally; to take oath and execute bond; taking over office; demanding books and papers.
If judgment is rendered in favor of the person claiming to be entitled to an office, he may, after taking the oath of office and executing any official bond required by law, assume the execution of the office. He shall immediately demand of the defendant all books and papers in his custody or within his power pertaining to the office from which he has been ousted.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-116 - Rights of Persons Adjudged Entitled to Office; Action for Damages Against Person Ousted; Limitation on Time of Action.

1-31-116. Rights of persons adjudged entitled to office; action for damages against person ousted; limitation on time of action.
The successful claimant may at any time within one (1) year after the date of the judgment, bring an action against the party ousted and recover the damages he sustained by reason of the usurpation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-117 - Rights of Persons Adjudged Entitled to Office; Person Refusing to Deliver Books or Papers Deemed Guilty of Contempt; Penalty.

1-31-117. Rights of persons adjudged entitled to office; person refusing to deliver books or papers deemed guilty of contempt; penalty.
If the defendant refuses or neglects to deliver any book or paper pursuant to demand, he is guilty of contempt of court and shall be fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), and imprisoned in the county jail until he complies with the order of the court or is otherwise discharged by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-118 - Judgment Against Corporations; Corporation to Be Ousted and Dissolved.

1-31-118. Judgment against corporations; corporation to be ousted and dissolved.
When it is found that a corporation has, by an act done or omitted, surrendered or forfeited its corporate rights, privileges and franchises or has not used the same for five (5) years, judgment shall be entered that it be ousted and excluded therefrom, and that it be dissolved. When it is found and adjudged that a corporation has offended in any matter or manner which does not work a surrender or forfeiture, or has misused a franchise or exercised a power not conferred by law, judgment shall be entered that it be ousted from the continuance of the offense or exercise of the power.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-119 - Judgment Against Corporations; Appointment of Trustees When Corporation Dissolved; Bond Required; Powers Generally.

1-31-119. Judgment against corporations; appointment of trustees when corporation dissolved; bond required; powers generally.
The court rendering a judgment dissolving a corporation shall appoint trustees of the creditors and stockholders of the corporation who, after giving a bond payable to the state of Wyoming in a sum and with sureties as the court may designate, conditioned that they will faithfully discharge their trust and properly pay and apply all money that may come into their hands, shall have power to settle the affairs of the corporation, collect and pay outstanding debts and divide among the stockholders the money and other property which remains after the payment of debts and necessary expenses.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-120 - Judgment Against Corporations; Duties and Powers of Trustees.

1-31-120. Judgment against corporations; duties and powers of trustees.
The trustees shall promptly demand all money, property, books, deeds, notes, bills, obligations and papers of every description within the custody or control of the officers of the corporation, which belong to the corporation or are in any way necessary for the settlement of its affairs or for the discharge of its debts and liabilities. They may sue for and recover the demands and property of the corporation, and are jointly and severally liable to the creditors and stockholders to the extent of its property and effects which come into their hands.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-121 - Judgment Against Corporations; Penalty for Failure to Deliver Items to Trustees; Enforcement of Delivery; Liability to Trustees.

1-31-121. Judgment against corporations; penalty for failure to deliver items to trustees; enforcement of delivery; liability to trustees.
An officer of a corporation who refuses or neglects to deliver any money or other thing pursuant to such demand is guilty of contempt of court and shall be fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) and imprisoned in the county jail until he complies with the order of the court or is otherwise discharged by law. He is liable to the trustees for the value of all money or other things refused or neglected to be surrendered, together with all damages that are sustained by the stockholders and creditors of the corporation in consequence of the neglect or refusal.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-122 - Judgment for Costs.

1-31-122. Judgment for costs.
If judgment is rendered against a corporation or against a person claiming to be a corporation, the court may render judgment for costs against the directors, trustees or other officers of the corporation, or against the person claiming to be a corporation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-123 - Order Directing Transfer of Books and Papers; Enforcement by Fine or Imprisonment.

1-31-123. Order directing transfer of books and papers; enforcement by fine or imprisonment.
In all actions under W.S. 1-31-101 through 1-31-130, when the judgment is against the defendant, the court may make an order directing the defendant promptly to deliver the books, papers, property, money, deeds, notes, bills and obligations to the persons entitled thereto or the trustees appointed to receive them. If complaint is made upon affidavit to the district court of a neglect or refusal to comply with the order, the court shall direct an attachment returnable immediately to issue for the defendant, who may be required to answer under oath touching the premises. If it appears that the defendant neglects or refuses, the court shall render judgment of fine or imprisonment, or both, as the court making the order might have rendered.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-124 - Injunction in Aid of Proceedings Against Banking Associations.

1-31-124. Injunction in aid of proceedings against banking associations.
Any stockholder or stockholders, owning not less than one-fourth (1/4) of the paid in capital stock of any banking association, or entitled to the beneficial interest therein, may have an injunction pending proceedings in quo warranto, restraining the directors or trustees from making any disposition of the assets of the corporation prejudicial to the interests of the stockholders or inconsistent with their duties as directors or trustees.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-125 - Injunction in Aid of Proceedings Against Banking Associations; Security Required of Bank Directors.

1-31-125. Injunction in aid of proceedings against banking associations; security required of bank directors.
The court may, upon satisfactory proof that the directors or trustees of a corporation have violated or are about to violate any of the franchises thereof, require them to give security to the stockholders satisfactory to the court for the proper discharge of their duties, and for the proper management and security of the assets. The court may enjoin the directors or trustees from paying out or issuing the notes of circulation of the bank and from incurring any additional liabilities, except for the payment of the necessary services of the officers and employees of the banking association, the amount of which while the proceedings are pending shall be under the control of the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-126 - Injunction Against Aid of Proceedings Against Banking Associations; Directors May Be Enjoined From Borrowing Money.

1-31-126. Injunction against aid of proceedings against banking associations; directors may be enjoined from borrowing money.
The court may enjoin the directors or trustees from borrowing or issuing, either directly or indirectly, any of the money or assets of the bank for their individual benefit while the proceedings are pending.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-127 - Limitation Upon Time of Bringing Action Against Corporations or Officer.

1-31-127. Limitation upon time of bringing action against corporations or officer.
Nothing in W.S. 1-31-101 through 1-31-130 shall authorize an action against a corporation for forfeiture of charter unless commenced within five (5) years after the act complained of was committed. An action may not be brought against a corporation for the exercise of a power or franchise under its charter which it has exercised for a term of twenty (20) years, nor may an action be brought against an officer to oust him from his office unless within three (3) years after the cause of the ouster or the right to hold the office arose.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-128 - Actions Against Officers of Ousted Corporations; Limitation Upon Time.

1-31-128. Actions against officers of ousted corporations; limitation upon time.
When judgment of forfeiture and ouster is rendered against a corporation because of misconduct of the officers, trustees or directors, a person injured thereby may within one (1) year, in an action against the officers or directors, recover damages sustained by reason of the misconduct.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-129 - Provisions to Be Cumulative.

1-31-129. Provisions to be cumulative.
Nothing in W.S. 1-31-101 through 1-31-130 is intended to restrain any court from enforcing the performance of trusts for charitable purposes at the relation of the county attorney of the proper county, or from enforcing trusts or restraining abuses in other corporations at the suit of a person injured.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 31 - Quo Warranto › Section 1-31-130 - Precedence of Actions; Speedy Trial.

1-31-130. Precedence of actions; speedy trial.
Actions for quo warranto shall have precedence in any court over any civil business pending therein. If the matter is of public concern, on the motion of the attorney general or prosecuting attorney, the court shall require as speedy a trial of the merits of the case as may be consistent with the rights of the parties.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-101 - Who Compelled to Make Partition.

1-32-101. Who compelled to make partition.
Tenants in common and coparceners of any estate of lands, tenements or hereditaments within the state may be compelled to make a partition thereof as hereinafter prescribed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-102 - Where Proceedings to Be Had.

1-32-102. Where proceedings to be had.
When the estate is situated in one (1) county the proceedings shall be had in that county, and when situated in two (2) or more counties the proceedings may be had in any county in which a part of the estate is situated.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-103 - Filing and Contents of Petition.

1-32-103. Filing and contents of petition.
A person entitled to partition of an estate may file his petition in the district court setting forth the nature of his title, a description of the lands, tenements or hereditaments of which partition is demanded, and naming each tenant in common, coparcener or other interested person as defendant. If the petition seeks a division of property which division would otherwise be subject to the provisions of title 18, chapter 5, article 3 of the Wyoming statutes, the petition shall disclose that fact.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-104 - Finding of Court; Order for Partition; Appointment of Commissioners; Ordering Writ of Execution to Issue.

1-32-104. Finding of court; order for partition; appointment of commissioners; ordering writ of execution to issue.
If the court finds that the plaintiff has a legal right to any part of the estate, it shall order partition in favor of the plaintiff or all parties in interest, appoint three (3) disinterested persons of the vicinity to be commissioners to make the partition and order a writ of execution to issue. A partition under this article shall be subject to the provisions of title 18, chapter 5, article 3 of the Wyoming statutes including any exemptions provided therein and as authorized by the county pursuant to those provisions. The court shall order the partition only after compliance by the petitioner with those provisions, as applicable.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-105 - Writ of Partition Directed to Sheriff; Contents; Administering Oath to Commissioners.

1-32-105. Writ of partition directed to sheriff; contents; administering oath to commissioners.
The writ of partition may be directed to the sheriff of any county in which any part of the estate lies, and shall command him to administer the oaths of the commissioners, and setoff and divide to the plaintiff or each party in interest such part and proportion of the estate as the court shall order.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-106 - View and Examination of Estate by Commissioners; Setting Aside Under Oath.

1-32-106. View and examination of estate by commissioners; setting aside under oath.
In making the partition, the commissioners must examine the estate and set apart the same in such lots as will be most advantageous and equitable, having due regard to the improvements, situation and quality of the different parts.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-107 - Partition of Several Tracts.

1-32-107. Partition of several tracts.
When partition of more than one (1) tract is demanded, the commissioners shall set off to each plaintiff or party in interest his proper proportion in each of the several tracts unless the several tracts are owned by the same proprietors in the same proportion in each tract, in which case the whole share of any proprietor in all the several tracts may be set off to the proprietor according to the best discretion of the commissioners.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-108 - Amicable Partition.

1-32-108. Amicable partition.
Before a writ of partition is issued, the person of whom partition is demanded may appear in court in person or by attorney and consent to a partition of the estate according to the facts and prayer set forth in the petition. This amicable partition, when made and recorded, is valid and binding between the parties thereto.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-109 - Appraisement Required Where Estate Cannot Be Divided According to Writ; Return by Commissioners; Election to Take at Appraised Value.

1-32-109. Appraisement required where estate cannot be divided according to writ; return by commissioners; election to take at appraised value.
When the commissioners are of the opinion that the estate cannot be divided according to the demand of the writ without manifest injury to its value, they shall return that fact to the court with a just valuation of the estate. If the court approves the return and one (1) or more of the parties elects to take the estate at such appraised value, it shall be adjudged to him upon his paying to the other parties their proportion of the appraised value according to their respective rights, or securing the same as hereinafter provided.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-110 - Terms of Payment Upon Election to Take; Execution of Conveyance.

1-32-110. Terms of payment upon election to take; execution of conveyance.
If one (1) or more of the parties elects to take the estate at the appraised value, unless the court for good cause directs the entire payment to be made in cash, or unless all the parties in interest agree to different terms, the terms of payment shall be one-third (1/3) cash, one-third (1/3) in one (1) year and one-third (1/3) in two (2) years, with interest, the deferred payments to be secured to the satisfaction of the court. On payment in full or in part with sufficient security for the remainder, the sheriff shall make and execute a conveyance to the party electing to take the same according to the order of the court.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-111 - Order for Sale of Estate in Absence of Election to Take.

1-32-111. Order for sale of estate in absence of election to take.
If no election to take the estate at the appraised value is made, at the instance of a party the court may order the sale thereof at public auction by the sheriff who executed the writ of partition or his successor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-112 - Conduct and Terms of Sale.

1-32-112. Conduct and terms of sale.
All such sales shall be made at the courthouse unless the court for good cause directs it to be made on the premises. The sale shall be conducted in all respects as a sale upon execution except that it is not necessary to appraise the estate. The estate shall not be sold for less than two-thirds (2/3) of its appraised value as returned by the commissioners. Unless the court directs for good cause the entire payment to be made in cash, the purchase money is payable one-third (1/3) on the day of sale, one-third (1/3) in one (1) year and one-third (1/3) in two (2) years, with interest.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-113 - Return by Sheriff of Proceedings of Sale; Confirmation by Court; Execution of Deed of Conveyance.

1-32-113. Return by sheriff of proceedings of sale; confirmation by court; execution of deed of conveyance.
On the return by the sheriff of his proceedings the court shall examine the same. If a sale has been made and the court approves the sale, on receiving payment of the consideration money or taking sufficient security therefor to the satisfaction of the court, the sheriff shall execute and deliver a deed to the purchaser.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-114 - Distribution of Proceeds of Sale or Election to Take; Liability of Sheriff and His Sureties.

1-32-114. Distribution of proceeds of sale or election to take; liability of sheriff and his sureties.
The money or securities arising from a sale of or an election to take the estate shall be distributed and paid by order of the court to the parties entitled thereto, in lieu of their respective parts and proportions of the estate and according to their just rights therein. All receipts of money or securities by the sheriff shall be in his official capacity, and his sureties on his official bond are liable for any misapplication thereof.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-115 - Alias Writ for Sale; Reappraisement by Disinterested Persons; Sale With or Without Revaluation.

1-32-115. Alias writ for sale; reappraisement by disinterested persons; sale with or without revaluation.
When the estate has been once offered and not sold, an alias writ for the sale thereof may be issued as often as need be. The court may order a reappraisement by three (3) disinterested persons of the vicinity appointed by the court, and direct a sale of the estate at not less than two-thirds (2/3) of such appraised value, or if the court deem it for the interest of the parties, may order a sale without such reappraisement at not less than a sum it may fix.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-116 - Succeeding Officer May Make Deed.

1-32-116. Succeeding officer may make deed.
When a conveyance is not made by the officer who made the sale, the court being satisfied that the sale or election was regularly made and the purchase money has been fully paid or secured, may order the sheriff of the county or officer performing his duties to execute and deliver to the purchaser or person electing to take the property a deed for the lands sold or taken.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-117 - Guardian May Act for Ward.

1-32-117. Guardian may act for ward.
The guardian of a minor or other person under legal disability may on behalf of his ward do and perform any act respecting the partition of an estate which the minor or other person under legal disability could do. He may elect, on behalf of the ward, to take the estate when the same cannot be divided without injury, and make payments therefor on behalf of the ward.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-118 - Powers of Foreign Guardian.

1-32-118. Powers of foreign guardian.
A person appointed according to the laws of any other state or country to take charge of the estate of a person under legal disability not a resident of this state, upon being duly authorized in this state to take charge of the estate situate in this state, may act in the partition of the estate to the same extent that the guardian of a person under legal disability is authorized to act by W.S. 1-32-117.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-119 - Actions by 1 Tenant in Common or Coparcener Against Another.

1-32-119. Actions by 1 tenant in common or coparcener against another.
One (1) tenant in common or coparcener may recover from another his share of rents and profits received by the tenant in common or coparcener from the estate. One (1) parcener may maintain an action of waste against another, but no parcener shall possess any privileges over another in any election, division, partition or matter to be made or done concerning lands which have descended.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-120 - Partition of Property of Religious Corporations.

1-32-120. Partition of property of religious corporations.
When two (2) or more religious denominations or other societies or associations have united in a corporation and as a corporation acquire title to real estate in this state, and subsequently agree to separate and form two (2) or more separate corporations, either corporation after the separate organization may file its petition for partition of property so acquired and held.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-121 - Partition of Property of Religious Societies.

1-32-121. Partition of property of religious societies.
When two (2) or more religious societies or congregations have acquired in common land upon which to erect a house of public worship, buildings for church or school purposes, or for a cemetery, and either desires to abandon the joint use of the property, it may commence an action for the partition of the common property except the cemetery, which may continue to be used in common.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 1 - Partition › Section 1-32-122 - Costs and Expenses to Be Equitably Taxed.

1-32-122. Costs and expenses to be equitably taxed.
The court shall tax the costs and expenses which accrue in the action including reasonable attorney's fees for plaintiff's attorney or any other attorney rendering service in the case for the common benefit of all the parties.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 1 - Code of Civil Procedure › Chapter 32 - Real Property › Article 2 - Quieting Title, Ejectment, Rights of Occupying Claimants › Section 1-32-201 - Action to Quiet Title.

1-32-201. Action to quiet title.
An action may be brought by a person in possession of real property against any person who claims an estate or interest therein adverse to him, for the purpose of determining the adverse estate or interest. The person bringing the action may hold possession himself or by his tenant.