Heidelberg v. Duckworth

There is presented here for consideration the unique, if not unprecedented, claim on behalf of a purchaser of land at a void tax sale that he has acquired title thereto by adverse possession through the continued occupancy of the person who owned the land at the time of such sale, and against whom title by adverse possession is claimed. In other words, it is contended that notwithstanding the fact that the purchaser at the tax sale obtained no title to the land by such purchase, or by means of any conveyance from the owner or any other person, the true owner became the tenant of the tax title…