FIRST STATE BANK-KEENE v. METROPLEX PETROLEUM INC.

No. 97-10708.

155 F.3d 732 (1998)

FIRST STATE BANK-KEENE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. METROPLEX PETROLEUM INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants, Jerrie M. Smith; Michael Harrison, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney L. Hubbard, Law Office of Michael R. Boling, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gayle Edward Oler, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before GARWOOD, DAVIS and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-appellants Jerrie M. Smith (Smith) and Michael Harrison (Harrison) (appellants) appeal the district court's judgment declaring void their interest and claim to a parcel of land that they purchased at a tax sale, which sale the district court held to be void in its entirety. We reverse.

Facts and Proceedings Below

On March 24, 1988, Metroplex Petroleum, Inc. (Metroplex), in Richardson, Texas, executed and delivered...

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