Legal Opinion · Dissent

Rock Island Improvement Co. v. Davis

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 12, 1945No. Nos. 29273, 29274Published

1Dissent

HURST, V.C.J.

(dissenting). The purchaser at the tax sale held adverse possession of the property from 1921 to 1929. The property was subject to taxation, the taxes were not paid, and the property was not redeemed from the tax sale. The tax deed is valid on its face, and has been of record since May .9, 1921. I think the action on behalf of the former owner is barred by the two-year statute of limitations, 12 O.S. 1941 § 93 (3), and that the Rock Island Improvement Company; successor in title to the tax purchaser, has a prescriptive title under 60 O.S. 1941 § 333.

We have three statutes that…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Waterson v. DevoeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
  2. National Surety Corp. v. SmithOregon Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Terry v. Drainage District No. 6, Miller CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
  4. Doudna v. HarlanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891
  5. North American Realty Co. v. BradySupreme Court of Colorado · 1925

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