Ross v. First Trust & Savings Bank

THE HON. F. S. P. FOSS,

District Judge, sitting in place of Mr. Justice Bottomly, disqualified:

This is an appeal by plaintiff Harry B. Ross from a decree quieting-title in the defendants William W. Dennis and Henry C. Smith to certain described real property situate in Garfield county, Montana.

The trial court held the tax deed under which plaintiff claimed title to be void. The record discloses that the lands involved on this appeal became tax delinquent and in 1929 were the subject of a tax deed proceeding.

In May 1936 the defendant Garfield county made application for a tax deed and…