Coral Gables Properties, Inc. v. Stopler

On January 4, 1934, Charles Stopler brought a suit to foreclose the lien of tax sale certificates for unpaid taxes of the City of Coral Gables for the year 1928 upon eight city lots, the certificates having been issued in 1929, and later acquired by the complainant in due course of transfers. The complainant paid State, county and district taxes for 1930 and 1931, and redeemed city tax certificates for taxes of 1929 and 1930, but did not pay city taxes on the lots for the year 1931.

Several parties not including the City of Coral Gables were made parties defendant in the suit. One of the…