Jannenga v. Johnson

Barnes, J.,

delivered the majority opinion of the Court, in which Horney, J., concurs. Concurring opinion at p. 7, infra.

This case raises the issue of the effect of a failure to comply with Maryland Rule 105 in proceedings by order of publication to foreclose an owner’s equity of redemption pursuant to Code (1957) Art. 81, §107 in property conveyed at a tax sale.

*3In 1960 Mrs. Anna Jawitz (appellee),1 surviving tenant by the entirety, was the sole owner of a parcel of improved land located in the city of Hyattsville, Maryland. The city of Hyattsville collected its own taxes each year until it…