Hamer v. Glenn Investment Co.

Plaintiff in error brought suit to quiet title, was defeated and brings error.

The defendants relied on a tax deed, dated November 29, 1919, which recited that the tax sale upon which it depended was “begun and publicly held on the 20th day of November, A. D. 1916,” and plaintiff in error claims it was void on its face because the statute, C. L. § 7410, requires the sale to be begun on or before the second Mon*424day in November, which was the 13th. We think the claim must be upheld.

The rulé is unquestioned that the sale is invalid unless held at the time required by the statute. 2 Cooley on Tax.,…