Duval v. Johnson

This action was brought to quiet the title to certain real- estate. Plaintiffs allege that they are the owners, and that the defendants are in possession of the premises claiming by virtue of a sheriff’s deed issued in certain void proceedings to foreclose a tax lien on the property. The defendants answered by general denial and a plea of title under the decree of foreclosure, and prayed affirmative relief. The court found that Lyman G-. Blair, plaintiffs’ grantor, was divested of his title by the foreclosure, and that the quitclaim deed to the plaintiffs from him constituted a cloud upon the…