James A. Welch Co. v. State Land Office Board

Plaintiff was the owner of several parcels of real estate located in the city of Flint, which, on May 3, 1938, were sold for delinquent taxes under a decree of sale entered in the circuit court for the county of Genesee, in chancery, on April 23, 1938. The statutory right of redemption of said parcels of land was not exercised by plaintiff, and as a result, the title absolute thereto vested in the State of Michigan on November 3, 1939.

Pursuant to statutory regulations, and after due notice, the State land office board, on February 13, 1940, commenced a sale of State lands in Genesee county…