City of Tacoma v. Fletcher Realty Co.

This cause was heretofore heard by a Department of this court and its opinion will be found in 146 Wash. 671, 264 Pae. 997. After the filing of the Departmental opinion, a petition for a rehearing was filed and granted, and the cause was again argued before the court sitting En Banc.

A majority of the court has now reached the conclusion that the Departmental opinion cannot be sustained, and that the judgment of the trial court must be affirmed.

The facts are not now in issue and need not be restated. The sole question is whether or not a purchaser at a general county tax foreclosure sale takes…