Grossman v. Hudspeth County Conservation & Reclamation Dist. No. 1

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Grossman, Campbell, and Handyside, being holders of notes secured by a mortgage on the land in controversy, brought a bill to redeem the land from a tax sale and to quiet the title against the claims of Cooke, who has bought and possesses the land, and against the claims of Dawson, who also asserts a prior right to redeem as the transferee of the defaulting taxpayer. After trial and findings of fact, the court decreed in favor of Cooke, and the original complainants appeal; Dawson also making a separate appeal.

The facts found, interwoven with legal occurrences which the…