Bennett v. City & County of Denver

Plaintiff in error, holding lands under a deed issued on a sale for general taxes in 1915, brought suit to quiet title, and made the City and County of Denver defendant.

The latter, in answer, claimed liens on the property in question under sales for unpaid special assessments made in 1909 and 1913, respectively. The defendant in error claims that the liens resulting from these sales are superior to the lien of plaintiff. Such superiority is alleged to result from a provision of chapter 197 Laws 1911, which reads as follows:

“Taxes levied upon any real estate shall be a perpetual lien upon such…