Kehlet v. Bergman

This action is to quiet title. It is brought by plaintiffs claiming under a tax title from the state against defendants, owners of the land at the time the assessment for which the property was sold became delinquent. Judgment passed for defendants and from that judgment and from the order denying their motion for a new trial plaintiffs appeal.

The notice contemplated by section 3897 of the Political Code was not mailed, the deeds reciting that the addresses of the owners were unknown. It is contended in support of the judgment that upon the authority of Smith v. Furlong, 160 Cal. 522, [117…