Watson v. Jantzer

This is a suit to quiet title to a parcel of land in Jackson county, Oregon. There was a tax certificate of delinquency against the land for the taxes for the year 1926, this certificate of delinquency having been thereafter foreclosed and the land sold to the county. Thereafter the county sold the land to defendant George L. Jantzer.

Plaintiff’s complaint challenges the validity of the sale, and asks that the deed executed thereunder be declared void. The validity of all proceedings leading up to the foreclosure is conceded.

It appears that Jackson county was the holder of a large number of…