Marlowe v. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This is an action quia timet filed by Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, seeking to remove a cloud from its title to a tract of real estate located in Franklin County and upon which it has erected a church. The complaint seeks a declaration that a tax sale was null and void, and a cancellation of the resulting tax deed. Plaintiff charges that notice of the sale was defective in that it was by publication as opposed to personal service of process, and further pleads the invalidity of the tax sale based on lack of confirmation prior to the institution of this action.

Plain…