Sparks v. Standard Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Edward H. Wright, J., entered July 8, 1915, in favor of the defendant, in an action to vacate a tax deed and to foreclose a mortgage, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Chadwick, J.-
Appellant began this action to foreclose a mortgage upon a certain tract of land in Spokane county. The complaint, in addition to the usual averments, sets up *585a tax foreclosure proceeding, and a tender to the respondent, the present owner under the tax title, of the full amount bid at the tax sale, with costs and fifteen per cent interest from the time of the sale, asserting that the tax foreclosure proceeding and sale was void. Respondent set up title deraigned through the tax foreclosure proceeding, and other defenses not necessary to be mentioned.
The invalidity of the tax…
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