Howe v. Bennett

The defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error to quiet title to a city lot in Denver, and had judgment, which judgment the plaintiff in error seeks to have reversed. We will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

It was stipulated that at one time title to the lot was in the Colorado Realty and Securities Company. By mesne conveyances the title of that company became vested in and remained in the plaintiff, unless divested by tax deed. The defendant claims title under a tax deed issued pursuant to a tax sale- held in 1915 for the taxes of 1914. The tax deed recites that…