Carter v. Railroad & Industrial Federal Credit Union

FRANK, Acting Chief Judge.

A.L. Carter has appealed from a final judgment setting aside a tax deed issued to him by the Polk County Circuit Court, an event allegedly occurring during the existence of an automatic stay under chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code. Notwithstanding the correctness of the legal principle undergird-ing the trial court’s decision — that a deed issued in violation of the automatic stay is void — we reverse on the ground that the trial court has erroneously allowed the mortgage holder, Railroad & Industrial Federal Credit Union (R & I), to pursue foreclosure in a successive…