In all cases where a prospective purchaser advances the expense therefor the county auditor may employ a special attorney to act for the state in prosecuting to judgment an action to quiet title and a proceeding to register title of any tract of land which the prospective purchaser is interested in purchasing when the state shall have first procured a Torrens certificate of title therefor; or for the purpose of procuring a new certificate of title in favor of the state by the necessary proceeding for that purpose where the title to the land is already registered under the Torrens system.
Minn. Stat. § 284.27
(2139-27n) 1939 c 328 s 10