King County v. Lesh

Millard,- J:

This action was instituted to secure a tax foreclosure decree against certain property described on assessment rolls, by the county assessor, by lot and block numbers according to an unrecorded plat. The decree of foreclosure was entered December 29, 1938.

The marital community of Newton P. Lesh and Keith M. Lesh filed a petition and motion February 5, 1945, to vacate the tax foreclosure of certain property which they alleged they owned and to cancel a deed issued as a result thereof. Kang county filed an answer in which it admitted that the petitioners had not theretofore appeared…