Burton v. Hoover

WOLFE, Justice.

Appeal from a decree of the trial court quieting title to certain lands in Wasatch county in defendants. Their claim to title was founded on quitclaim deeds issued by Wasatch county in pursuance of a private sale of the property to which the county had allegedly obtained title by auditor’s deeds founded on certificates of sale for default of taxes for the year 1926. Plaintiff, the original owner of the property before tax proceedings, brought suit alleging ownership in him of the lands described in the complaint and that defendants claimed “a title or interest in the premises…