123 Mich. 511 | Mich. | 1900
The relator purchased certain premises on August 5, 1897, and took possession. They had been previously bid off to the State for the taxes of 1894. On December 9, 1897, McFarlan purchased the land from the auditor general, and on February 7, 1898, he received an
The conveyance to McFarlan was void, because not made in compliance with the requirements of law. Hughes v. Jordan, 118 Mich. 27 (76 N. W. 134); Hubbard v. Auditor General, 120 Mich. 505 (79 N. W. 979); Wilkin v. Keith, 121 Mich. 66 (79 N. W. 887); Cockburn v. Auditor General, 120 Mich. 643 (79 N. W. 931). Under repeated decisions, any other person was entitled to purchase said lands on compliance with the law; and relator is no exception, unless cut off by the provisions of the act cited. The title to this act is ‘ ‘An act to amend an act entitled,” etc., “by adding thereto four sections, * * * providing for the giving of notice by tax purchasers to the occupants or persons having title to or interest in such lands of the fact of such sale, and providing the terms upon which such occupant or other person interested in such lands may obtain reconveyance thereof.” . This is a restricted title, and the act is intended to give the owner or mortgagee a right to redeem lands after a valid sale. Under a void sale he would not ordinarily need such right of redemption. It also provides the terms upon which he may redeem. The title contains no hint that the bill was intended to introduce a limitation, and
The writ will issue as prayed.