Smart v. Peek

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendants in an action brought by him to quiet his title to four parcels of mining property and a mill site situate in the county of Calaveras. Defendants assert that plaintiff’s title has been divested by proceedings taken against said property for nonpayment of county taxes for the fiscal year 1913-14 which resulted in the sale of the property to them by the state of California under the provisions of section 3897 of the Political Code. Plaintiff attacks the validity of said proceedings, and further contends that as the pleadings stand defendants are…