State v. Salt Lake County

The state of Utah sued the defendants in an action to quiet its title to a tract of farm land situated within the Jordan School District, Salt Lake County, Utah. Defendants both demurred and answered. The trial court gave judgment for plaintiff, quieting its title, and the defendants appeal. The errors assigned present the question of the existence and ranking priority of a tax title claimed by defendants under a sale of the property for delinquent taxes on the property as against the State’s title by deed from the tax debtor in satisfaction of a mortgage held by the State as security for…