Crofts v. Johnson

6 Utah 2d 350 (1957)

313 P.2d 808

ELAINE CROFTS, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT,

v.

W. GLENN JOHNSON, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT.

No. 8440.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 18, 1957.

David F. Anderson, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Ellis J. Pickett, St. George, for respondent.

CROCKETT, Justice.

The plaintiff, Elaine Crofts, sued W. Glenn Johnson to quiet title to a home located in Kanab which she claimed under an auditor's tax deed. The trial court ruled that inasmuch as the tax payment for the auditor's deed was made by a mortgagee, any interest so acquired was held in constructive trust for Johnson, the mortgagor…