Rabren v. Osmon

RICHARD L. JONES, Retired Justice.

Doyle Rabren (a tax sale purchaser) appeals from a judgment granting Jan Elys Osmon (the owner at the time of the tax sale), the right to redeem a parcel of real estate under Alabama Code 1975, § 40-10-83. This appeal presents a single issue: whether the tax purchaser’s evidence of adverse possession for the statutory three-year period following the State’s issuance of the tax deed is so conclusive and of such weight as to mandate a judgment in favor of the purchaser. We answer this question in the negative, and we affirm the judgment.

The property in question…