Doty v. Bitner

The defendant in ejectment relied upon a tax deed over five years old and an unrecorded conveyance from the former owner. The plaintiff relied upon a subsequent quitclaim deed from the same grantor. Judgment was rendered for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

The tax deed was defective, particularly in stating as the consideration for the assignment of the certificate what was probably the amount paid at the tax sale. It is somewhat like the deed involved in Van Buskirk v. Lawrence, ante, p. 76, but whether sufficiently so to make that case decisive of this need not be determined. The…