Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. of Grant & Blackford Counties v. M Jewell, LLC

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Grant and Blackford Counties (Farmers Mutual) appeals from the trial court’s order denying its petition to set aside a tax deed issued to M Jewell, LLC (Jewell). Farmers Mutual raises the following restated issue on appeal: Did the county auditor’s failure to comply with the statutory provision governing notice of tax sales render the tax deed issued to Jewell void?

We reverse and remand with instructions.

In 1988, Farmers Mutual acquired title to a tract of over 112 acres of farmland in Grant County (the Farm Property). Due to a…