Hall v. Chamberlain

This appeal involves an action to quiet title by plaintiffs based upon their claim of ownership of real property by virtue of a title derived from the predecessor of the record owner (that is, the owner whose title was claimed to have been divested by proceedings for sale of the property for delinquent taxes). Defendants, Henry and Katherine Chamberlain, based their claim of title on a .tax deed from the state. Plaintiffs prevailed in the court below, the court finding fatal irregularities in the delinquent tax sales and tax deeds.

It appears that in 1932, Pan American Bank of California (the…