Tunnell v. Ringler

QUILLEN, Justice:

Plaintiff, Herbert R. Tunnell, Jr., filed in June 1977 a complaint for ejectment alleging he is the fee simple owner of a parcel in Woodland, Bethany Beach. The defendants, Clayton L. Ringler and Gertrude K. Ringler, claim title by virtue of a tax deed from the former Receiver of Taxes of Sussex County. The defendant, Baltimore Trust Company, holds a mortgage from the Ringlers.

The tax deed to the Ringlers resulted from their having been the highest bidders at a tax sale of the property, then registered on the tax roles in Tunnell’s name, held on April 8, 1971. The sale was…