Tharp v. HARPAGON COMPANY

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

After Nathan H. Tharp, Jr. brought suit seeking, inter alia, the cancellation of a tax deed and injunctive relief barring transfer of the property that was subject to that deed, Harpagon Company, the property’s current owner, filed an answer and a counterclaim in which it initiated a conventional quiet title proceeding, sought damages for trespass and conversion and asked for attorney fees. For Tharp’s failure to comply with its orders the trial court granted Harpagon’s motion to involuntarily dismiss Tharp’s claims. A special master thereafter heard the quiet title…