White Pine Manufacturing Co. v. Morey
Idaho Supreme Court
'APPEAL from tbe District Court of the Second Judicial District, in and for Nez Perce County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action by plaintiff to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appealed. A reading of the sections of the Idaho code pertaining to the subject shows conclusively that the law of this state does not even contemplate that the name of the owner must be correctly placed in the assessor’s list.
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'APPEAL from tbe District Court of the Second Judicial District, in and for Nez Perce County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Action by plaintiff to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appealed. A reading of the sections of the Idaho code pertaining to the subject shows conclusively that the law of this state does not even contemplate that the name of the owner must be correctly placed in the assessor’s list. (Secs. 1345, 1346, 1321, and 1455.) Under a tax system making taxes a lien upon property, the sole and only purpose for directing that property shall be assessed to the owner…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.
— This action was instituted by plaintiff to quiet its title to a certain tract of land situated in that part of Nez Perce county which formerly belonged to Shoshone county. The plaintiff traces its title by mesne conveyances from one Frank Andrews, the original patentee from the United States. Defendant bases his title on a tax sale made by Shoshone county for the taxes levied and assessed against the property in the year. 1903. Judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed from the judgment and order overruling a motion for a new trial.
The district court held…
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