City of Denver v. Bullock

Bullock had a decree in the district court quieting his title to lots 29-38, block 15, Lincoln subdivision. The city was a defendant and brings the case here for review.

The plaintiff claimed under a tax deed; the city held liens for improvement taxes which accrued before the tax on which plaintiff’s deed depended. The deed cuts them off, if it is valid; if not they stand. The city is charged with the duty of collecting and distributing these taxes according to law and part of them belongs to her to pay her bonds; she is, then, in a position to question the deed’s validity. Young v. Rohan, 77…