Penaat v. Terwilliger

Defendant failed to pay the county taxes for 1934 upon a lot that she owned in San Mateo *866County. Plaintiff purchased the property at a tax sale on June 28, 1940, and subsequently brought this action to quiet her title thereto. The trial court held the tax sale void and entered judgment quieting defendant’s title to the property. From this judgment plaintiff appeals.

The trial court held that the publication of the delinquent tax list and of the notice of sale did not comply with sections 3766, 3767 and 3771a of the Political Code. The delinquent tax list was published on June 5, 12 and 19,…