ANCO INVESTMENT GROUP v. Strong

From a grant of defendants’ motion for summary judgment in an action to determine title to land, plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff successfully bid upon the land in question at a tax sale in May of 1968 and received a certificate of sale. Approximately one year later, plaintiff was issued a tax deed by the State of Michigan pursuant to MCLA § 211.72 (Stat Ann 1960 Rev § 7.117). Plaintiff then sought to perfect his title to the land by serving defendants Strong and McNeish with statutory notice of their right to redeem. MCLA § 211.141 (Stat Ann 1960 Rev § 7.199). Defendant Strong, who was in…