Foegan v. Carpenter
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Muskegon; Russell, J. Petition by Frank Foegan against George W. Carpenter and Roscoe D. Dix, Auditor General, to set aside a sale of land for delinquent taxes. From a decree for petitioner, defendant Carpenter appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The lands in question were bid in by the State, and subsequently purchased by Mr, Carpenter. Before the deed was issued, the intervener applied to the auditor general for leave to redeem. The auditor general, believing that he had no discretion in the matter, declined to permit redemption without an order of the court. The intervener therefore applied to the circuit court in chancery by petition setting up that, at the time of the assessment of the taxes, the decree in the matter, and at the time of the purchase by Carpenter, the interwener was a minor; that he attained his majority on the…
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