Union Central Life Insurance v. Chesterley
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Holden, J., entered March 5, 1917, upon findings in favor of the defendants, in an action for equitable relief, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
This case grows out of the facts detailed in Union Central Life Ins. Co. v. Hawkins, 84 Wash. 605, 147 Pac. 199. Subsequently to the remittitur in that case, appellant commenced this action to establish an equitable lien on the property in the amount of the taxes paid by it in protecting the forged mortgage. The lower court held that the judgment in the Hawkins case was a bar, and denied a recovery. This is the only question before us.
A review of the Hawkins case is therefore necessary to ascertain what was there determined. The complaint in that case alleged the payment of taxes for the…
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