§ 41-6-504 — Foreclosure of tax deeds; joinder of defendants; pleading; decree; rights of assignee of tax deed

When a drainage or irrigation district is the plaintiff in any
suit brought under the provisions hereof, it may join all owners
of real estate covered by its tax sale certificates of purchase
or tax deeds as defendants, whether jointly or separately
interested in the real estate, or any part thereof, and may
unite in such action any persons having or claiming to have any
interest in the real estate described in the petition. The
defendants may plead jointly or separately to the petition and
the court shall try and determine all issues between the
plaintiff and each and all of the defendants, and shall, in its
decree, ascertain and determine the amount of taxes, interest
and costs chargeable to each particular tract or lot of real
estate, and state the name or names of all defendants who have
an interest in each tract or lot of real estate upon which the
lien is fixed by its decree. The fact that the owners of
separate or different lots of real estate are joined as
defendants in one (1) action shall not constitute a defense on
the part of any one (1) or more of the defendants, or misjoinder
of defendants, or causes of action, and like rights shall be
extended to any assignee of said drainage or irrigation
district, tax certificate or tax deeds.