Baird v. Clooten

Grimson, Dist. J.

This case is an outgrowth of the case of Clooten v. Wang, reported at 57 N. D. 793, 224 N. W. 198. The plaintiffs in that action, defendants here, had sought to quiet title to certain premises in Burleigh county in themselves upon the strength of a tax title. The court held their tax deed void and that Baird, as receiver of the Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Driscoll, was the owner of the property subject to some liens for taxes and mortgages. During the years 1927 and 1928, while the defendants held tax title and their action was pending, they occupied and farmed the…