Baird v. Fischer

As I understand the majority opinion prepared by Mr. Chief Justice Nuessle, it holds that § 2211, Comp.Laws 1913, inhibits a junior mortgagee from acquiring and asserting title under a tax deed as against a senior mortgagee for taxes falling due while both mortgages are outstanding and unpaid (syllabus, ¶ 2) ; that such inhibition is not affected by § 2196 Comp. Laws 1913; that the purpose and effect of this section is to prohibit public officers having charge of tax sales from purchasing at a tax sale and that it does not permit a junior mortgagee to procure and assert a tax title as against…