Carstens & Earles, Inc. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered June 20, 1914, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action to foreclose a mortgage, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff commenced this action in the superior court for King county, to foreclose a mortgage on land in the city of Seattle, executed by the defendants to John G. Smith and wife. The city of Seattle was made a defendant because it claimed a local assessment lien upon the land. J. B. Coughlin was made a defendant because he claimed to be the owner of another local assessment lien by purchase of a delinquent certificate therefor from the city of Seattle. The trial resulted in a decree of foreclosure, decreeing the lien of the plaintiff’s mortgage to be superior to the *90assessment lien…
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