Gammill v. Mann

BRICE, Justice.

This is a statutory action to quiet title. The appellee bought from the county of De Baca a tax sale certificate which had been recorded more than three years; and demanded, and there was issued to him by the county treasurer a tax deed to the real property described in the certificate. The appellants claiming title to the property answered denying appellee’s claim and filed cross-actions to quiet their respective claims of title. It is admitted that the tax proceedings up to and including the issuing of the tax certificate to De Baca County were legal.

The defense was that…