SAADA v. DAWSON

No. 90-0076.

573 So.2d 1008 (1991)

Abe SAADA and Regina S. Saada, His Wife, Appellants, v. Don DAWSON, Sr., and Doris Dawson, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Clarification Denied March 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Tighe of Lunny, Tucker, Karns & Tighe, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Ernest A. Alexas, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

John J. Copelan, Jr., County Atty., James A. Thomas and Larry E. Lymas-Johnson, Asst. County Attys., Fort Lauderdale, for Broward County.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ralph R. Jaeger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for Dept. of Revenue.


STONE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment quieting title to real property in the purchasers of a tax deed. The appellant was the titleholder. The record reflects that the clerk failed to comply with the statutory requirement for attempting personal service of the notice of sale on resident owners by the sheriff. As a result, the tax deed is invalid and we reverse.

Section 197.522, Florida Statutes, sets forth the procedure for noticing titleholders upon...

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