Cole v. Shelp

Plaintiff derives his title to the lands in .suit by patent from the State of Michigan, and by mesne *58conveyances from the patentee to him. Defendant relies upon a tax deed from the Auditor General, dated September 17, 1891, for the delinquent taxes for the year 1887. The proceedings to enforce the tax lien, which resulted in a sale of the lands and the issuance of the deed in controversy, were had under the tax law of 1889. Plaintiff's grantor,' who was then the owner of the land, was not served with the subpoena, but was brought in by publication of the notice required by the statute. The…