The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-30
Jmportont Case Com
menced in Chan
Gerry.
wv. II. Dee VS. Clark w. Young
And a. started to Remoye Cloud From
TuIe-The Point Raised IL Out
side the Records Of the sale.


aide the Records OF the sale.
hill in cbancery was filled Saturday
nv Attorney j.. f. HamDitzer in the case
e william III. Dee va Clark W. Young to
remove cloud from title. The suit ia the
result OF the researcher Mr.. Hambitzer
into the history OF the tax title held by
Young on the property OF Mr.. Dee, the re-
sult of which work makes Mr.. Dee conf.
dent OF smashing the tax deed in question
and with it all Of the deeds held by
Young from the State on Houghton
county property for the taxes OF 1892 or
1898.
The point in question is outside OF the
record of the tax sales OF '94 and '95,
when the property OF Mr.. Dee was offered
for sale as delinquent and aiterward bidi
for the State, but the attorney has plenty
of evidence, and good evidence, to sup
port it. The tax law requires that after
the first offering of properties for sale
for delinquent taxes re Offering
shall be made OF such descriptions az were
not bid upon. The re-off ring must be
conducted in exactly the same manner as
at the first offer. and then, If no bids are
made, the properties shall be bid in for
the State.
AS far as the records 60 for the sales OF
'94 and '95, everything appears regular,
but as matter of fact it il claimed in
the bill OF complaint in this case that the
formal re-offering OF the property was
not made as required by statute. What
was done, according to the evidence
gathered nv Attorney Hsmbitzer, was
this: After the sale, or rather the call OF
all the descriptions had been made. the
\ county treasurer announc to the
assembled bidders that il anyone wanted
to bid on any piece not yet sold he would
turn back and give them an opportunity,
This was as far, it ia claimed, that the
statute was followed in the matter OF re-
Offering and then the properties un.
sold we're bid in for the State, and in this
way the records appear to follow the
law in all particulars.
This technicality, OF course, affects only
such titles as were derived after the
properties delinquent were bid In Tor the
State and only as far as Mr.. Hambitzer
has looked into the tax titles OF '92 and
90. Tax titles bid In at theregular sales
OF those taxes seem to be beyond knock
ing out. All OF Young's titles were bid in
from the State and are OF '92 and 93
and should the point made in William
Dee's Gaze prove good a number OF peo,
pie in this vicinity will have cause to feel
pbilant.
There is more in the point raised by At
prney hambit ger than meretechnicality'
re matter OF formal reopening was
Aced in the statute with purpose and
8 OF course meant to be compiled with
Ierson who was delinquent for Ger
!u year might attend sale after the
It call and the reopening not being
de would not be informed OF the peri
property was in or friend OF the
Der might bid in and save valuable
perty through being informed through
the reopening. The law provides Tor thu
two opportunities for the owner to bid
Another point which Mr.. Hambitzel
will raise is that at the sale in December
1896, the whole State list oil delinquent
properties, on which OF course was hi
clients's property, should have beer
offered for bid, but was not. This wal
before Young bought OF the State and il
would have given another opportunity
for an owner to redeem.
The records OF the tax sales OF "a ant
'95 at the treasurer's Office are blacl
with the handling they have been SUB
iected to by attorneys anxious TO Ole
cover n flaw In them. The point nov
raised is outside the record and Mr.. Ham
bitzer's special knowledge OF the conduc
OF tax sales through.his. incumbency @
the treasurer's Office and subsequent at
tendance enabling him to catch 1t.
1t is good point that will confound 8
rapacious taxi(title shark as the Nal
quette man has proven to be and an
point that succeeds in downing him Is
good one.
An effort is being made by the athletl
committee and officers OF the Hancoc
Y. M. c. A. to arrange an inter-associ'
ton field day to occur this fall. At ID
last meeting held some time ago, su'
committee OF FIVE was appointed, to col
for NTH rocrosort ot;ves of the Calumt