Beck v. Finn

At the annual tax sale held in Bay county in December, 1894, a parcel of land in Bay City, Mich., described as “ Lot 4 of block 114, plat of Lower Saginaw,” was bid off to the State for the taxes assessed thereon for the year 1892. The land was not redeemed. On the 18th of September, 1897, the petitioner, Louis Beck, purchased the land from the State, and on November 6, 1897, a deed conveying the same to him was issued by the auditor general. On January 18, 1898, he claims a notice in compliance with the provisions of section 140 of the tax law (Act No. 229, Pub. Acts 1897) was served on the…