Fivas v. Petersen

5 Utah 2d 280 (1956)

300 P.2d 635

R. JERRY FIVAS AND ALAIRE J. FIVAS, PLAINTIFFS AND RESPONDENTS,

v.

JOSEPH F. PETERSEN AND FLORENCE E. PETERSEN, ET AL., DEFENDANTS AND APPELLANTS.

No. 8470.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 16, 1956.

Cyrus G. Gatrell, Salt Lake City, for appellants.

James W. Beless, Jr., Lewis S. Livingston, Salt Lake City, for respondents.

CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiffs brought action to quiet title to land, based on a tax deed purchased from Salt Lake County. Defendants, owners of the fee, resisted unsuccessfully. From adverse judgment they appeal.

Defendants rely on several points for…