Higgins v. Trauger

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Maria L. Higgins appealed from a summary judgment quieting title to disputed Morton County property in Steve Thil-mony and Gary Strandemo, and dismissing Higgins’s petition for á writ of mandamus directing Morton County Auditor Paul E. Trauger to issue tax deeds for the property to her. We conclude the parties’ reliance on the auditor’s error in calculating the date the 90 day period of redemption would expire did not extend the statutory period an additional day to validate an untimely attempt to redeem the property. We further conclude, however, that a genuine issue of…