SPRATLING v. STATE LAND BOARD

No. 10947.

20 Utah 2d 342 (1968)

437 P.2d 886

WILLIAM PARLEY SPRATLING AND DAISY SPRATLING, PLAINTIFFS AND RESPONDENTS, v. STATE OF UTAH, BY AND THROUGH ITS LAND BOARD, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., LeRoy Axland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Frank J. Allen, Salt Lake City, for respondents.


HENRIOD, Justice:

Appeal from a judgment that the Spratlings were entitled to the mineral rights which they presumably acquired by virtue of an agreement to purchase, executed between the Land Board and Spratlings' predecessors in interest, in 1907. Affirmed.

In February, 1907, such predecessors subscribed to the terms of a contract under then existing selection laws,1 which contemplated the fruition of title when and if the State...

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