Podlesak v. Wesley

GARRISON, Judge.

This appeal is from the entry of a summary judgment quieting title to real estate in respondents (plaintiffs). Plaintiffs claim to own the land in question in fee simple. Appellant (defendant) claims an interest in a part of that land by reason of a collector’s deed obtained by him as a result of a tax sale. Both parties focus the issues of this case on the sufficiency of the following description from the collector’s deed:

Section 20 Township 39 Range 16 Pt Lot 8 Beg at Pt on W' Ly R/W 30' Road

that is 1229' N & 522' W SE 08 4.0 20.0 000 001 002.002 1

Plaintiffs filed suit to…