Halabu v. Behnke

I respectfully dissent. I construe the phrase "within the period herein specified” in the second sentence of the second paragraph of § 73a of the General Property Tax Act, MCL 211.73a; MSA 7.119, as providing for a five-year period. I disagree with the majority that such a construction renders this phrase surplusage or nugatory when read in conjunction with the second sentence of the first paragraph of § 73a.

The language of the first paragraph’s second sentence provides that a tax title purchaser is barred from asserting title if the purchaser fails to give the required notice within five…