Parker v. Norton

This is an action to quiet title. Plaintiff’s grantors are the heirs of Grover Cleveland Stolzenberger, deceased. Defendant Alex Norton claims title under a tax deed issued by the county treasurer of Perkins county. The issues were submitted to the court and the court found that valid notices of intention to take tax deed were not given as required by statute; that by reason thereof the tax deed issued to defendant Norton is invalid; and that title should be quieted in the plaintiff.

The controlling questions on this appeal are whether the statute required service of notices of intention to…