Yetter v. Gallatin County

*244Gerald Yetter filed an action in the Eighteenth Judicial District, in and for Gallatin County, to annul a tax deed. Lee McDonald, the tax deed purchaser, was granted summary judgment, and Yetter appeals.

The controversy in this case centers around the 400-acre Great Springs Ranch located on the edge of Lake Hebgen. Gerald Yetter (hereinafter “owner”) has owned the ranch since 1960. In 1975 he leased the ranch and moved to Idaho. His forwarding address at the post office expired in 1976.

The owner failed to pay taxes from 1975 through 1978, and on July 19, 1979, Lee McDonald (hereinafter…