MECHAM v. MEL-O-TONE ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 11749.

464 P.2d 392 (1970)

23 Utah 2d 403

Jack LeRoy MECHAM, Julia Ruth Smoot, Thelma Mecham Hintze, J. Ralph Mecham and First Security Bank of Utah, as Administrator of the Estate of Sophia O. Mecham, Deceased, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. MEL-O-TONE ENTERPRISES, INC., a Utah corporation, and Barby's Cafes Incorporated, a Utah Corporation, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Rigtrup, Salt Lake City, for defendants-appellants.

A. Park Smoot, Lewis S. Livingston, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs-respondents.


ELLETT, Justice.

This is an action to quiet title to a parcel of land by the fee owners against a holder under a deed from Salt Lake County containing the following language:

This conveyance is made in consideration of payment by the grantee of the sum of $103.41 delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs constituting a charge against the said real estate, which was sold to said county at preliminary sale for...

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