Tax sale ruling points out problems of cities having many properties with title defects
… … . Who should be interested in decisions like this?
Any investor that is tempted to buy properties at a tax sale and who wants to know what legal challenges he might face;
Any city government that is tempted to impose greater fees, costs and duties on non-owner occupied properties, without realizing that title defects like this one tend to make it impossible to finance repairs, regardless of how strong the city building code or inspection ordinance might be.