State ex rel. Southland Properties, LLC v. Honorable David R. Janes

The Supreme Court denied the writ of prohibition sought by Southland Properties LLC against the circuit court for denying Southland’s alleged right to intervene in an action instituted under W. Va. Code 11A-3-60 (section 60 proceedings) by Kenneth Jones. Jones sought to compel the Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and Nonentered Lands of Marion County to deliver deeds to two tracts of land Jones purchased at a tax sale. The Deputy Commissioner declined to issue the deeds to Jones because the statutory timeframe for issuance of the deeds following the tax sale had passed. Southland, which owned the properties at issue and failed to pay property taxes for several years, moved to intervene in the section 60 proceeding on the grounds that it was an indispensable party. The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s denial of Southland’s motion to intervene, holding that Southland was not an indispensable party to the section 60 proceedings because Southland made no attempt to redeem and its ownership interest as a delinquent taxpayer was predicated on redemption. View "State ex rel. Southland Properties, LLC v. Honorable David R. Janes" on Justia Law