And yes, in many instances there should be fees and taxes paid on the assignments and these usually were not paid. It is a big mess.
So if you didn’t follow the proscribed process on the assignments, you didn’t pay the fees and taxes how could the assignments be legal? And if those actions were supposed to be done at the time of transfer and now in some cases years have passed since the time these actions should have been complete can you now go back now and legally do them?
after seven years a suit to quite title.
IOW the defective claims are stipped off the property and the title is cleared.