Bogart v. Lathrop

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of the respondents, James H. Lathrop and his wife, Yvonne Lathrop, who had commenced this action in the district court to set aside as void a certain tax sale of real property to the appellant, Punty J. Bogart, which property the Lathrops had previously purchased from the United States.

1. The Facts.

On August 1, 1960, the Administrator of General Services, acting for the United States of America, executed a quitclaim deed conveying a parcel of land located in Lyon County, Nevada, to the Lathrops…