Richardson v. Halbekann

From the opinion of the court and from the specially concurring opinion of Mr. Chief Justice Butler, I respectfully dissent.

In an early case, Lebanon Mining Co. v. Rogers, 8 Colo. 84, 5 Pac. 661, this court used the following language: “A tax title differs in some respects from that obtained through patent by ordinary conveyance. The deed, when offered as evidence, is not governed by the same rules. At common law the regularity of the ministerial acts preceding the tax deed, and upon which it rests, is not presumed; in the absence of statute a tax deed is not admissible in evidence except it…