Gober v. Chase Manhattan Bank

BARNES, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This is the second appearance before the Court of Appeals of this suit filed by the Chase Manhattan Bank (Chase Manhattan), holder of a deed of trust, to set aside a tax sale and reinstate the deed of trust. On January 7, 2003, we reversed the grant of default judgment in favor of Chase Manhattan and remanded the case to the Chancery Court of Madison County with instructions to give the tax sale purchaser, Howard Gober, three days’ notice prior to a hearing on the motion for default judgment. We recognized that Chase Manhattan “properly requested and received the…