Court Opinion

ID: 9658141
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 20:48:00.316888+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:51.936492
License: Public Domain

WUEST, Justice
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. I would overrule McQuown v. Field, 74 S.D. 200, 50 N.W.2d 358 (1951); Cain v. Ehrler, 36 S.D. 127, 153 N.W. 941 (1915) and cases cited therein. Cain was a 3-2 decision decided by this court on rehearing. Since that time, this court has followed it as precedent. In my opinion, the dissent is more rational than the majority opinion. The recording of a tax deed is notice to the world including any interested persons. Two years after the recording of a tax deed is adequate time for any interested persons to pursue any rights they may have. In providing stability to real estate titles and aiding tax collection, the Legislature did not violate anyone’s due process rights when they enacted SDCL 10-25-44. These are different days and different times. It is time to dump the old line of cases spawned by Cain and its progeny.
Although I would not reach the other issues in this case, I do not disagree with the majority’s treatment of them. Further, I share the concerns of Justice Henderson *276regarding the stability of real estate titles as a result of the majority opinion.