Davis v. Estate of Tiblier

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Kay Tiblier, a resident of California, failed to pay the 2006 ad valorem taxes on real property in Jackson County, Mississippi. On August 27, 2007, Debra Davis purchased the property at a tax sale. Ti-blier, who had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, died on June 22, 2009. The chancery clerk mailed notice of the expiration of the redemption period to Ti-blier’s last known address on June 26, 2009. The notice was returned “unclaimed.” Davis subsequently received a tax deed to the property, and Tiblier’s estate filed this action to set it aside.

¶ 2. The…