Johnson v. Conley

Plaintiffs on August 15, 1949, sued to cancel a resale tax deed issued to defendant B. A. Conley on May 16, 1939, on the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 4 South, Range 4 West, Jefferson County, and to quiet title, alleging that the deed was void for two reasons: (1) The sale advertising the property unlawfully included $2 in penalties for failure to list the property for assessment in the years 1935 and 1937; and (2) it included $.02 excess tax and $.11 excess interest charges. Taxes were delinquent for the years 1935 to the date of…