North Spokane Irrigation District No. 8 v. Spokane County

-The owners of certain tracts of land lying within the irrigation district of the appellant allowed water assessments thereon to become delinquent. The lands were put up for sale by the county treasurer, under the procedure outlined in Rem. Rev. Stat., § 7444. There being no bidders therefor, the property was “struck off to the irrigation district as the purchaser,” as provided in Rem. Rev. Stat., § 7445. The latter section contains a provision to the effect that the irrigation district, as purchaser, shall have the same rights as a private person, and may assign or transfer the certificate,…