Montgomery Real Estate & Co. v. Department of Natural Resources

Plaintiff appeals from a summary dismissal of its application for permission to redeem certain property following a tax sale.

The facts are basically not in dispute. Real estate taxes on the property in question, located in Detroit, were not paid in 1966, and the property was bid in to the state at the tax sale on May 6, 1969. MCLA 211.70; MSA 7.115. Subsequently, on May 8, 1970, the property was conveyed to the plaintiff by the former title holder. Some time between May 8 and May 29, 1970, plaintiff paid taxes for 1966 through 1969, owed to the City of Detroit; during that time, however, the…