Morgan v. Board of Forestry

This is a suit to declare void a tax foreclosure proceeding. Defendant, State Board of Forestry, seeks a decree quieting title to the property. Plaintiffs appeal from a decree xrpholding the foreclosure decree and quieting title in the defendant. Defendant cross-appeals from that portion of the decree rejecting its claim of adverse possession.

In December, 1941, Polk County instituted tax foreclosure proceedings on various parcels of property including an undivided one quarter interest of Ralph E. Williams, plaintiffs’ predecessor in title. A summons was published on December 11, 1941, naming…