Gulf Land Co., Inc. v. Buzzelli

This case is an in rem quiet title action brought by plaintiff Gulf Land Company, Inc. ("Gulf"), under the Grove Act, Code 1975, §§ 6-6-560 to -573. The real property which is the subject of this case is a wild and undeveloped lot located south of the Dixie Graves Parkway on the Fort Morgan Peninsula in Baldwin County. The case was tried without a jury, and the facts are not in dispute.

Margaret Buzzelli bought this lot in 1976. She has visited the lot only three times, all before 1979. In 1979, Baldwin County began a new system of assessing property taxes, and for reasons unknown, Buzzelli…