Fivas v. Petersen

CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiffs brought action to quiet title to land, based on a tax deed purchased from Salt Lake County. Defendants, owners of the fee, resisted unsuccessfully. From adverse judgment they appeal.

Defendants rely on several points for reversal of the trial court’s judgment quieting the plaintiffs’ title under the tax deed. The principal one, which we find to be determinative, is that the treasurer failed to give the notices to the taxpayer required by sections 59-10-9 and 59-10-10, U.C.A.1953 quoted below.

The action was tried in the lower court entirely on documentary evidence…