Equitable Life Casualty Ins. Co. v. Schoewe

MOFFAT, Justice.

This is an action to quiet title to a parcel of land in Salt Lake City. Plaintiff and appellant bases its claims of title on a tax deed issued by the Salt Lake County Auditor on May 29, 1941, at a May sale for the delinquent taxes for 1936 with taxes for the subsequent years added. The tax sale certificate shows that the preliminary tax sale occurred January 11, 1937.

Respondents filed separate answers. Each denied appellant’s claims of ownership and asked that title to their interests be quieted. Ida Schoewe alleged that she is the owner, subject to a contract of sale which…