Ford Lumber Co. v. Bartlett
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Tenth Judicial District, for Nez Perce County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Presiding Judge. Suit to quiet title. The decree was in favor of plaintiff, Ford Lumber Company, and intervenor, Continental Oil Company; also that plaintiff pay to defendant the amount expended by him in the payment of assessments and taxes.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Tenth Judicial District, for Nez Perce County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Presiding Judge. Suit to quiet title. The decree was in favor of plaintiff, Ford Lumber Company, and intervenor, Continental Oil Company; also that plaintiff pay to defendant the amount expended by him in the payment of assessments and taxes. The only testimony concerning misinformation from the city clerk being testimony of M. A. Means, an officer of plaintiff, that he “thinks” Willis, the city treasurer, in the absence of the clerk, told him the assessments were all paid, Willis having…
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, C. J.
Appellant claims title to two tracts of land, in Lewiston, by virtue of deeds issued by that city pursuant to purchase at a sale held in order to raise the amount of delinquent special assessments. At the time of the sale the land was the property’of Ford Lumber Company. Subsequent thereto and prior to the issuance of the deeds that company sold and conveyed a portion of it to Continental Oil Company. Respondents insist the deeds from the city purporting to convey the land to appellant are invalid for a number of reasons, only one of which will be discussed.
The trial judge found that…
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