Massey v. Prothero

STEWART, Justice:

This is an appeal in a quiet title action. Plaintiff Mary Prothero Massey and defendant Lewis H. Prothero are sister and brother and are cotenants of real property inherited from their parents. After a trial on the merits, the district court held that Lewis could not extinguish the rights of Mary and other cotenant-heirs in the property by buying it at a tax sale. We affirm.

The trial court found the following facts. The real property in dispute consists of seven parcels of land located in Paragonah, Utah. The Paragonah property was originally owned by Jonathan and Amy Barton…