Cory v. Nethery

Joint drainage district No. 7 of Thurston and Lewis counties levied assessments on the lands within its borders to pay the costs of making certain improvements. The owner of the land described in the complaint failed to pay assessments falling due in the years 1924 to 1931, inclusive. Certificates of delinquency were issued. The appellant, A. S. Cory, became the owner of the certificates. The assessment, payable in ten annual installments, was levied in the year 1922.

An action was brought by appellant in 1941 to foreclose the lien evidenced by the certificates of delinquency. By answer to the…