National Tax & Mortgage Co. v. Cartwright

The National Tax and Mortgage Company, plaintiff in error, sought a writ of mandamus in the district court to compel the issuance of a treasurer’s deed for lands located in Arapahoe county based upon a tax certificate thereon. The district court found that the plaintiff in error had no title to said tax certificate and dismissed the action, a review of which, is here sought.

The tax certificate in question together with others not here involved were issued to and held by the old county of Arapahoe prior to the adoption of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of the state of Colorado…