Adams v. Lamicq

WOLFE, Justice.

This action was commenced by the appellant to quiet title to an eighty acre tract of land in Duchesne County, Utah. The respondents counterclaimed seeking to have title to the realty quieted in themselves. From a judgment in favor of the respondents, the appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The appellant is the patentee of the land in question and claims title under the patent. In 1925 he failed to pay the taxes which were levied against the property and it went to tax sale. The land was not redeemed within four years thereafter and consequently on May 12, 1930, an auditor’s tax…