Legal Opinion

DeRidder's Unknown Heirs v. Belknap

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 7, 1950PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

*186This action was instituted by Mr. William B. Belknap to quiet title to two tracts of land in Oldham County. He purchased the lands at a sale held by the United States Marshal for the Western District of Kentucky in 1933. The appeal is from a judgment granting Mr. Belknap the relief sought.

The lands formerly belonged to Stanislaus P. M. C. DeRidder, who failed to pay United States Federal income taxes for the years 1924, 1925 and 1926. The Collector of Internal Revenue levied upon the lands. That officer became the purchaser in 1931 and the sale was confirmed by the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Martin v. HallCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  2. McAndrews v. BelknapCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Snook v. BowersAlaska Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Chapin v. LetcherNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Thompson v. RatcliffCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1952

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