Bidwell v. Scheele

AREND, Associate Justice.

As nearly as we can determine from a record that is far from enlightening and briefs which are very inadequate, the question here presented is this: Did the provision of Section 16-1-131, Alaska Compiled Laws Annotated 1949, 1 which re quired a person claiming to be the owner of specific lands and desiring to litigate the title thereto as against the holder of the tax title to pay into court with his first pleading the amount of taxes for the payment of which the lands were sold, plus taxes paid by the purchaser after the sale, constitute a vested right in the holder…