Brunner v. Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor

EDWARD P. HILL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court which decided that the purchaser at a tax sale did not receive a fee simple title where the property was sold after the life tenant failed to pay the property tax and without notice and a right to redeem given the remainder-man.

The property in question was owned by John H. Kibby until his death in 1942. By will he left a life estate in the property to his wife, Carrie J. Kibby, and a remainder in appellee, Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Thereupon the tax assessor of the city of…