Poekel v. Dowling
| Decision Date | 17 March 1931 |
| Citation | 101 Fla. 1171,132 So. 836 |
| Parties | POEKEL v. DOWLING et al. |
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Rehearing Denied April 14, 1931.
Suit by T. S. Poekel against Beulah B. Dowling and husband and others. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
Reversed.
Syllabus by the Court.
A tax deed is subject to timely and appropriate adjudication of the validity of the tax proceedings upon which the tax deed is predicated.
Chapter 14572, Acts 1929, Ex. Sess., authorizes the holder of a tax deed to invoke foreclosure proceedings to test the rights of those who claim an interest in the land adversely to the tax deed holder.
In such procedure, those who claim against the tax deed may adduce the matters authorized by the law to be determined in the proceedings.
The statute and the tax deed each contains a provision that the land conveyed by the tax deed 'shall continue subject and liable for any unpaid taxes thereon.'
The purchaser at the foreclosure sale takes no better title than the holder of the tax deed had; the land 'continues subject and liable for any unpaid taxes thereon' until they are paid or otherwise discharged. The amounts of such 'unpaid taxes' may be authoritatively determined in the foreclosure preceedings when proper parties are made in the suit. Appeal from Circuit Court, Clay County; George Couper Gibbs, judge.
A. H Bell and Susie Smith Bell, both of Green Cove Springs, for appellant.
Edward S. Hemphill, of Jacksonville, for appellees.
Karl E Whitaker and H. Lane Coachman, both of Tampa, and L. W Jennings, of Jacksonville, amici curiae.
As authorized by chapter 14572, Acts of 1929, Ex. Sess., T. S. Poekel brought suit 'to foreclose the lien of' a tax deed which had been issued by the state under the statutes for nonpayment of state and county taxes upon lands. Parties claiming ownership of or contract liens upon the property were made defendants, as was also the city of Green Cove Springs, a municipality which claims liens for taxes and special assessments, all of which claims are alleged to be inferior to complainant's tax deed. The bill of complainant was dismissed. Complainant appealed.
The constitutionality of chapter 14572 was sustained in Ridgeway v. Reese, 100 Fla. 1304, 131 So. 136; Ridgeway v. Peacock, 100 Fla. 1297, 131 So. 140.
A tax deed is subject to timely and appropriate adjudication of the validity of the tax proceedings upon which the tax deed is predicated. Chapter 14572 authorizes the holder of a tax deed to invoke foreclosure proceedings to test the rights of those who claim an interest in the land adversely to the tax deed holder. In such procedure those who claim against the tax deed may adduce the matters authorized by the law to be determined in the proceedings.
The statute and the tax deed each contains a provision that the land conveyed by the tax deed 'shall continue subject and liable for any...
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