Taylor v. Auditor General

This case presents a rather anomalous situation.

At the tax sale held by the county treasurer of Wayne county in May, 1932, plaintiff made purchases aggregating about $96,000. He did not pay any part of the tax purchase money within 24 hours after the bid, as provided in 1 Comp. Laws 1929, § 3462, as amended by Act No. 71, Pub. Acts 1931, but he paid in instalments extending over several months.

In Semmes v. Fuller, 263 Mich. 214, at suit of an original owner of part of the land so purchased, we declared the sale to plaintiff void, holding* that the statutory provision for payment within 24…