Van Voast v. Blaine County

I dissent. This court held in the recent case of Jensen Livestock Co. v. Custer County, 113 Mont. 285, 124 Pac. (2d) 1013, 140 A. L. R. 658, that an occupant of land as well as the owner must be notified by, the county pursuant to section 2209, Revised Codes of the county’s intention to apply for a tax deed; that knowledge of the occupant of the county’s intention derived from any other source than that required to be given by the county by the above section was ineffective. No notice was given the plaintiff in the instant case of the intention of the county to appfy for the tax deed and the…