Taliaferro v. Riddle

This appeal is based upon a judgment entered pursuant to a denial of a motion for writ of possession.

The property in issue is located in Contra Costa County and is described as Lot 5, Block 10, Tewksbury Heights. Prior to 1942, legal title to this lot was vested in one Etta Albertson. Albertson became delinquent in her 1936 property taxes and, pursuant to California law, the property was sold to the state on June 26, 1937.

At the end of the required five year period, the property was deeded to the state and on June 29, 1942, sold at a public auction to appellant and his wife Dorothy.…