Brunner v. Bell

CAMMACK, Judge.

Louise Bell, the appellee, instituted this action to quiet title to real estate claimed by her in the City of Louisville. C. C. Brunner, the appellant, asserted title to the land by virtue of a tax deed issued by the Tax Receiver of the City of Louisville. The appeal is from a judgment holding the tax deed void.

Brunner purchased, at public sale, a tax bill for unpaid city taxes on the property in question for the year 1950. The appellee failed to redeem the property within the next two years, as permitted by KRS 91.-510(1), and a tax deed was thereupon issued to the purchaser…