Alden v. Johnson

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for defendants by the district court, Silver Bow County, the Hon. John B. McClernan, presiding. The complaint alleged that a tax deed issued to defendants Johnson had been improperly granted, and prayed that a tax deed be issued to plaintiff and title quieted in him.

The district court had these facts before it. In 1958, defendants Johnson began paying delinquent taxes on certain vacant lots adjoining property they occupied in Butte, Montana. The owner of record of those lots was Robert H. Curtis, who was named a defendant in this action but did not…