Welsh v. Levy

Certiorari was granted to review the decision of the court of appeals in Levy v. Welsh, 44 Colo. App. 360, 612 P.2d 1135, (1978). We affirm the court of appeals.

Respondent, Robert J. Levy, acquired title by purchase of a tract of land on January 31, 1958. He paid taxes on the property that year, but failed to pay any taxes from 1959 until the time that this action was initiated in 1971. Levy claimed that he thought his father had been paying the taxes during those years.

The property was sold at a tax sale on December 5, 1960. The certificate of sale was assigned to petitioner, Gerald E.…