Shelledy v. Lore

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

Plaintiff E.D. Shelledy brought this action to quiet title to real property in Salt Lake County which he purchased from the Small Business Administration (SBA), a federal agency. All defendants except the State Tax Commission and Salt Lake County (hereinafter “defendants”) claim title to the property under a tax deed issued by Salt Lake County at the May 1984 tax sale. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants, and plaintiff brings this appeal. We are called upon to determine whether Utah Code Ann. § 78-12-5.2, which provides a four-year…