Emmons v. State Land Office Board

The State became the owner of a 30-acre parcel of land in Oakland county on May 6, 1941, the date of the expiration of the period of redemption from the annual tax sale of May, 1940, at which certain property was bid in by the State for back taxes. Plaintiff, a former title holder, but a stranger to the title after it passed to the State, rented the property from the State for the period commencing May 6, 1941, at a rental of $175 per month. On January 20, 1942, the property was offered at “scavenger” sale. Plaintiff bid in the property for the sum of $2,750. The rent had been paid by…