EQUIVEST LTD. PARTNERSHIP v. Brooms

Defendants James E. Foster, Sr., and his spouse appeal as of right from an order granting plaintiff’s motion for summary disposition and awarding certain property to plaintiff. We reverse.

This case involves a parcel of land located in Oakland County. When an earlier owner of the property defaulted on her taxes, a tax sale was held, and defendants received tax deeds from the state with regard to the 1991 and 1992 taxes. Later, plaintiff’s predecessor in interest, Equifunding, Inc., obtained a tax deed with regard to the 1993 taxes. Equifunding sought to quiet title to the property and prepared…