Woodward v. Taylor
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered June 4, 1902, upon motion of the defendants at the close of the plaintiffs’ case, at a trial before the court without a jury, dismissing an action to quiet title and recover possession of premises sold for taxes.
1Opinion
*11On Petition for Rehearing.
[Decided February 29, 1904.]
Richard Saxe Jones, for respondents,
contended, among other things, that the name of the owner is not essential in a proceeding in rem. Witherspoon v. Duncan, 4 Wall. 210, 18 L. Ed. 342; Black, Tax Titles, § 110 (2d. ed.). The strict construction in Illinois has been modified. Hammond v. Carter, 155 Ill. 579, 40 N. E. 1019. And does not apply here, where the rule is that a judgment in a tax case cannot be collaterally attacked for irregularity. Kizer v. Caufield, 17 Wash. 417, 49 Pac. 1064; Eitel v. Foote, 39 Cal. 439. This law is liberally…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Witherspoon v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Kizer v. CaufieldWashington Supreme Court · 1897
- Eitel v. FooteCalifornia Supreme Court · 1870
- Hillyer v. FarnemanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- Trulock v. BentleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
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