Bray v. Jones

Plaintiffs, as holders of a tax deed, brought this action to quiet title to real property against the defendant, the former owner. The property was sold to the state on June 30, 1930, for non-payment of taxes for the year 1929. Five years elapsed without redemption and, on July 15, 1935, the county tax collector executed his deed to the state. Thereafter the property was sold at public auction, and the deed of the county tax collector, dated October 19, 1937, was executed to the plaintiffs. Defendant appeals from the judgment quieting title to the property. She contends that the several…