Budnick v. Indiana National Bank

The plaintiffs-appellants, Myron H. Bud-nick and his wife, Sandra Budnick (Budnicks), brought this action to quiet title to a certain tract of land in Pike Township, Marion County. The Budnicks claimed title to the land as the successors-in-interest to Beverly Budnick (Sandra Budnick’s mother) who had purchased the land at a 1970 tax sale.

Defendants-appellees Marathon Pipeline Company (Marathon) and Shell Petroleum Corporation (Shell), the principal defendants, held pipeline right-of-ways across the land of the Budnicks, both prior to and subsequent to this tax sale. These right-of-ways had…