Wood v. Morath

The question raised by the suggestion of error (and it is the first time it has been referred to in the case) is which title to land will prevail, that of a purchaser at a tax sale where the two-year period for redemption has expired without redemption having been made, or that of a purchaser from the owner for value without actual notice of such tax sale made during such period of redemption? It is argued that there is no statute which expressly makes a tax sale of land constructive notice to those acquiring rights therein during the period of redemption, and that at common law, there being…